The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory

A New York Times Notable Book

A detailed history of the landmark battle that helped define the character of the United States.

The Battle of New Orleans was the climactic battle of America's "forgotten war" of 1812. Andrew Jackson led his ragtag corps of soldiers against 8,000 disciplined invading British regulars in a battle that delivered the British a humiliating military defeat. The victory solidified America's independence and marked the beginning of Jackson's rise to national prominence. Hailed as "terrifically readable" by the Chicago Sun Times, The Battle of New Orleans is popular American history at its best.

Author: Robert V. Remini
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 05/01/2001
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.40w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780141001791

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 07/08/2001 pg. 24
New York Times 12/02/2001 pg. 88

About the Author
Robert V. Remini, whose three-volume biography, Andrew Jackson, won the National Book Award and was reissued in 1998 as a Main Selection of the History Book Club, is also the author of biographies of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. He is professor emeritus of history and research professor emeritus of humanities at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and lives in Wilmette, Illinois.