Born and raised in Maine, Alan Taylor teaches American and Canadian history at the University of California, Davis. His books include The Divided Ground, Writing Early American History, American Colonies, and William Cooper's Town, which won the Bancroft and Pulitzer prizes for American history. He also serves as a contributing editor to The New Republic.
"Remarkable and deeply researched. . . . Taylor masterfully
captures the strangeness of this war."
--Gordon S. Wood, The New York Review of Books "Easily the most
sophisticated book ever written about a conflict that is often
either neglected or seriously misunderstood. . . . Taylor's
discussions of diplomatic and political maneuvering are woven with
military set-pieces into a powerful narrative. . . . [This] book
affirms his gifts for prodigious research."
--The Wall Street Journal "Credit Taylor with blowing most of the
dust off America's most forgotten war. This is history with a
capital H."
--The Seattle Times "A truly spellbinding narrative. Unlike other
books on the War of 1812, [Taylor's] is about the hearts and minds
of the people who planned it, fought it and lived through it.
Almost every page brings a revelation."
--The Toronto Star "In this deeply researched and clearly written
book, [Taylor] tells the riveting story of a war that redefined
North America."
--The Washington Times "Comprehensive. . . . Taylor's account of a
land war that roughly divided people with a common culture and
heritage provides a new dimension for an understanding of
1812."
--The Boston Globe "An impressively accessible history. . . . A
perceptively nuanced take on a war often forgotten or
misunderstood. . . . Taylor offers persuasive arguments, a lively
narrative."
--Richmond Times Dispatch "Taylor gives a fascinating account of
the war and shows its importance to the fragile new republic in a
book filled with stories about the people who instigated, commanded
and fought in the conflict."
--The Associated Press "Taylor serves up a corrective in [this]
fact-laden account. . . . Nicely captures the confusion of a
'minor' war with major consequences."
---The Newark Star-Ledger "Taylor's beautifully written book offers
a War of 1812 that's no longer an insignificant afterthought to the
American Revolution, but its final, decisive act."
--Maclean's "As is his talented wont, Taylor puts the war into
perspective, positing that it redefined the North American
continent."
--Asbury Park Press (New Jersey) "Thoroughly researched. . . .
Taylor illuminates an arena generally omitted from military
histories of the war. Battles and campaigns do connect his account,
however, which will stand history collections in good stead for a
very long while."
--Booklist From the Trade Paperback edition.
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