Are you still reading about the War of 1812 or interested in doing so? The Ontario Historical Society has added two new reviews to its list of book reviews about the War of 1812. The latest books reviewed are The Tide of War: The 1814 Invasions of Upper Canada by Richard Feltoe and a book by Donald E. Graves, And All Their Glory Past: Fort Erie, Plattsburgh and the Final Battles in the North, 1814.
Richard Feltoe’s lastest book in his series for Dundurn Press, is about the war in the first half of 1814 during which the battle at Oswego and the American invasion at Fort Erie took place.
Donald E. Graves writes about the last major northern battles in the summer and fall of 1812. “His discussion of the bloody 53-day siege of Fort Erie shows how American success in withstanding the British was ultimately undermined by anxiety about the oncoming winter, prompting the strategic decision to remove the troops from the Canadian side of the Niagara River – effectively marking the end of fighting on Canadian territory.”
To read these reviews and others about the War of 1812 that have been reproduced from the society’s newsletter, visit the Ontario Historical Society’s website. For a lengthy bibliography about the War of 1812 in Upper Canada, scroll to the end of the reviews.
