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1812 (American Story, Bk 2) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged)
1812 - American Story, Bk 2 - Audio Cassette - Abridged Author:David Nevin, Dick Hill (Narrator) An age that would decide whether America would grow into a vast global power, sweeping all the way to the Pacific or be broken, its divided pieces remaining small adjuncts to a mighty England. A war that would claim the breadth of the continent for America or cede that vast expanse to England and Spain. — Among the many men and women who would fo... more »rge the future of our young nation's destiny were:
James and Dolley Madison - Together they face the ultimate presidential decision: Should they take the nation into a war for which it isn't prepared?
Andrew and Rachel Jackson - They speak for the West, for the frontier drive. Their enduring marriage gives Jackson the fortitude to dominate history in the battle that will determine our nation's future.
Winfield Scott - The young soldier who takes us headlong into the battle that will define American Army professionalism for all time.
Sally McQuirk - The daughter of a Washington publisher who is determined to cover the war as a journalist.
In their lives and loves, their hopes and fears, we live the thirty months of the war that shaped American destiny.