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Full title is “The pictorial field-book of the War of 1812, or, Illustrations, by pen and pencil, of the history, biography, scenery, relics, and traditions of the last war for American independence” by Benson J. Lossing; original printing 1869.
This is a complete reprint; 1970, by Benchmark Publishing. Brown cloth hardback with gold foil title on cover and spine. 1128 pages, 7”x10”, illustrations, index.
Benson John Lossing was a prolific and popular American historian, known best for his illustrated books on the American Revolution and American Civil War and features in Harper's Magazine.
From the volume's preface: "An account is given [in this volume] of the perils of the country immediately succeeding the Revolution; the struggles of the new nation with the allied powers of British and Indians in the Northwest; the origin and growth of political parties in the United States, and their relations to the War of 1812; the influence of the French Revolution and French politics in giving complexion to parties in this country; the first war with the Barbary Powers; the effects of the wars of Napoleon on the public policy of the United States; the Embargo and kindred acts, and the kindling of the war in 1812." [jet][ph:L]
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