Born and raised in Maine, Alan Taylor teaches American and Canadian history at the University of Virginia. His books include The Divided Ground, Writing Early American History, American Colonies, and William Cooper’s Town, which won the Bancroft and Pulitzer prizes for American history. He also serves as a contributing editor to The New Republic.
“Remarkable and deeply researched. . . . Taylor masterfully
captures the strangeness of this war.”
—Gordon S. Wood, The New York Review of Books
“Easily the most sophisticated book ever written about a conflict
that is often either neglected or seriously misunderstood. . . .
Taylor’s discussions of diplomatic and political maneuvering are
woven with military set-pieces into a powerful narrative. . . .
[This] book affirms his gifts for prodigious research.”
—The Wall Street Journal
“Credit Taylor with blowing most of the dust off America’s most
forgotten war. This is history with a capital H.”
—The Seattle Times
“A truly spellbinding narrative. Unlike other books on the War of
1812, [Taylor’s] is about the hearts and minds of the people who
planned it, fought it and lived through it. Almost every page
brings a revelation.”
—The Toronto Star
“In this deeply researched and clearly written book, [Taylor] tells
the riveting story of a war that redefined North America.”
—The Washington Times
“Comprehensive. . . . Taylor’s account of a land war that roughly
divided people with a common culture and heritage provides a new
dimension for an understanding of 1812.”
—The Boston Globe
“An impressively accessible history. . . . A perceptively nuanced
take on a war often forgotten or misunderstood. . . . Taylor offers
persuasive arguments, a lively narrative.”
—Richmond Times Dispatch
“Taylor gives a fascinating account of the war and shows its
importance to the fragile new republic in a book filled with
stories about the people who instigated, commanded and fought in
the conflict.”
—The Associated Press
“Taylor serves up a corrective in [this] fact-laden account. . . .
Nicely captures the confusion of a ‘minor’ war with major
consequences.”
—The Newark Star-Ledger
“Taylor’s beautifully written book offers a War of 1812 that’s no
longer an insignificant afterthought to the American Revolution,
but its final, decisive act.”
—Maclean’s
“As is his talented wont, Taylor puts the war into perspective,
positing that it redefined the North American continent.”
—Asbury Park Press (New Jersey)
“Thoroughly researched. . . . Taylor illuminates an arena generally
omitted from military histories of the war. Battles and campaigns
do connect his account, however, which will stand history
collections in good stead for a very long while.”
—Booklist
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