Description: Chesapeake Legends and Lore from the War of 1812, Maryland, Paperback In the two hundred years following the War of 1812, the Chesapeake Campaign became romanticized in tall tales and local legends. St. Michael's on the Eastern Shore of Maryland was famously cast as the town that fooled the British, and in Baltimore, the defenders of Fort McHenry were reputably rallied by a remarkably patriotic pet rooster. In Virginia, the only casualty in a raid on Cape Henry was reportedly the lighthouse keeper's smokehouse larder, while Admiral Cockburn was said to have supped by the light of the burning Federal buildings in Washington, D.C. Newspaper stories, ordinary citizens and even military personnel embellished events, and two hundred years later, those embellishments have become regional lore. Join historians Ralph E. Eshelman and Scott S. Sheads as they search for the history behind the legends of the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake.
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MPN: 9781626190719
Book Title: Chesapeake Legends and Lore from the War of 1812
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Ralph E. Eshelman, Scotts. Sheads
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Military / War of 1812, Military / United States, Military / Pictorial
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2013
Genre: History
Item Weight: 12.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 208 Pages