Name: Chesapeake Legends and Lore from the War of 1812
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Author: Eshelman, Ralph E. ; Sheads, Scott S.
ISBN: 9781626190719

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Chesapeake Legends and Lore from the War of 1812

Type

Physical Book

Author

Scott S. Sheads

Ralph E. Eshelman

Publisher

History Press

Language

English

Pages

208

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.6 x 15.2 x 1.0 cm

Weight

0.32 kg.

ISBN13

9781626190719

Synopsis "Chesapeake Legends and Lore from the War of 1812"

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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