1812, David Nevin
1812, David Nevin
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1812

Author: David Nevin

Narrator: Ralph Cosham

Unabridged: 20 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/24/2005

Synopsis

The war of 1812 would either make America a global power sweeping all the way to the Pacific or break it into small pieces bound to mighty England. It was a second revolution of sorts to prove to the British that America had to be taken seriously. The principal players in this drama were James and Dolley Madison and Andrew and Rachel Jackson. Their courage and determination would shape Americas destiny.

About David Nevin

David Nevin spent his childhood on army bases. On his seventeenth birthday he joined the US Navy at the latter stages of World War II. Later, as a merchant marine, he spent seven years in the Pacific before he returned to the United States and became a journalist. He was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Journalism Award. In addition to writing books on popular history for Time-Life, Nevin continues to write freelance. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Dream West, which became a seven-part miniseries.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joel

This book was written in exaclty the style that is easy to read history books, from the perspective of the people who lived through it. Though this might technically be considered Historical Fiction, there were no fictional characters, just an attempt to add reality to the events. I had already read......more

Goodreads review by KOMET

This is a novel that brings to the reader the drama, tensions, and impact that the War of 1812 had on the U.S. and a number of fictional and historical figures of the period. I highly recommend it. (I bought this novel from a BORDERS bookstore on June 12th, 1999.)......more

Goodreads review by Dan

I bought this book because of the highly positive reviews on Amazon. Mistake! Good historical fiction is a real art and there is a great deal to be learned from it. This book does not fit into this category. It seems as if Nevin could not make up his mind which of four very different books to write,......more

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