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A Travel Guide to the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake: Eighteen Tours in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia
Ralph E. Eshelman
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Description for A Travel Guide to the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake: Eighteen Tours in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia
Hardback. Tourists can step back in time as they travel the same roads and waterways that American and British troops did two centuries ago. Series: Johns Hopkins Books on the War of 1812. Num Pages: 296 pages, 128, 24 black & white line drawings, 104 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; 1KBBFM; 1KBBFV; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 522.
Welcome to War of 1812 tidewater country. Here, in the waters and on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, Americans fought to preserve their recently won independence from the British. Detailing sites from Maryland to Virginia to the District of Columbia, this portable guidebook points readers to the war's most important battlefields and historic places. The book is organized into eighteen tours. Five Historic Route Tours guide enthusiasts down the same roads and past the same buildings that proved critical in the struggle. Thirteen Historic City, Town, and Regional Tours feature key sites in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of ... Read more
Welcome to War of 1812 tidewater country. Here, in the waters and on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, Americans fought to preserve their recently won independence from the British. Detailing sites from Maryland to Virginia to the District of Columbia, this portable guidebook points readers to the war's most important battlefields and historic places. The book is organized into eighteen tours. Five Historic Route Tours guide enthusiasts down the same roads and past the same buildings that proved critical in the struggle. Thirteen Historic City, Town, and Regional Tours feature key sites in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Johns Hopkins Books on the War of 1812
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801898365
SKU
V9780801898365
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About Ralph E. Eshelman
Ralph E. Eshelman is a cultural resource management consultant and historian who served as historian for the National Park Service's Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail study. He is coauthor of The War of 1812 in the Chesapeake: A Reference Guide to Historic Sites in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, also published by Johns Hopkins.
Reviews for A Travel Guide to the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake: Eighteen Tours in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia
Eshelman offers context, directions, maps and other pertinent details for those with a taste for exploring sites related to the war. Richmond Times-Dispatch An exceptional companion volume to the previous book that allows readers an unrivaled view or all the battles and campaigns... If you like your history both immediate and personal, this is the book for you!
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