Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans

Another history pageturner from the authors of the #1 bestsellers George Washington’s Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates. The War of 1812 saw America threatened on every side. Encouraged by the British,Indian tribes attacked settlers in the Westwhile the Royal Navy terrorized the coasts. By mid-1814President James MadisonΓÇÖs generals had lost control of the war in the Northlosing battles in Canada. Then British troops set the White House ablazeand a feeling of hopelessness spread across the country. Into this dire situation stepped Major General Andrew Jackson. A native of Tennessee who had witnessed the horrors of the Revolutionary War and Indian attackshe was glad America had finally decided to confront repeated British aggression. But he feared that President MadisonΓÇÖs men were overlooking the most important target of all: New Orleans. If the British conquered New Orleansthey would control the mouth of the Mississippi Rivercutting Americans off from that essential trade route and threatening the previous decadeΓÇÖs Louisiana Purchase. The new nationΓÇÖs dreams of western expansion would be crushed before they really got off the ground. So Jackson had to convince President Madison and his War Department to take him seriouslyeven though he wasnΓÇÖt one of the Virginians and New Englanders who dominated the government. He had to assemble a coalition of frontier militiamenFrench-speaking LouisianansCherokee and Choctaw Indiansfreed slavesand even some pirates. And he had to defeat the most powerful military force in the worldΓÇöin the confusing terrain of the Louisiana bayous. In shortJackson needed a miracle. The local Ursuline nuns set to work praying for his outnumbered troops. And so the Americansdriven by patriotism and protected by prayerbegan the battle that would shape our young nationΓÇÖs destiny. As they did in their two previous bestsellersKilmeade and Yaeger make history come alive with a riveting true story that will keep you turning the pages. YouΓÇÖll 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 ΓÇ£from sea to shining sea.ΓÇ¥