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Kilmeade cohosts Fox News Channel\'s.
You\'ll finish with a new understanding of one of our greatest generals and a renewed appreciation for the brave men who fought so That America could one day stretch "from sea to shining sea."About the Author: BRIAN Kilmeade and DON YAEGER are the coauthors of George Washington\'s Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates, both New York Times bestsellers.
As they did in their previous bestsellers, Kilmeade and Yaeger make history come alive with a riveting true story That will keep you turning the pages.
And then he had to face the most powerful military force in the world, in the confusing terrain of the Louisiana bayous.
He had to assemble a coalition of frontier militiamen, French-speaking Louisianans, Cherokee and Choctaw Indians, freed slaves, and even some pirates.
Jackson had to convince President Madison and his War Department to take him seriously, even though he wasn\'t one of the Virginians and New Englanders who dominated the government.
The new nation\'s dreams of western expansion would be crushed before they really got off the ground.
If the British conquered New Orleans, they would control the mouth of the Mississippi River, cutting Americans off from That essential trade route.
Into this dire situation stepped Major General Andrew Jackson, who feared That President Madison\'s men were overlooking the most important target of all: New Orleans.
Then British troops set the White House ablaze, and a feeling of hopelessness spread across the country.
By mid-1814, President James Madison\'s generals had lost control of the war in the North, losing battles in Canada.
Encouraged by the British, Indian tribes attacked settlers in the West, while the Royal Navy terrorized the coasts.
The War of 1812 saw America threatened on every side.
Another pageturning New York Times bestseller by the authors of George Washington\'s Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates.
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