Border crossings : the Detroit River region in the War of 1812 /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Detroit Historical Society
Other Authors:	Brunsman, Denver Alexander, 1975-, Stone, Joel, Fisher, Douglas D.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Detroit : Detroit Historical Society, [2012]
Subjects:	United States > History > War of 1812. Detroit River Valley (Mich. and Ont.) > History > 19th century. Northwest, Old > History > War of 1812. Michigan > History > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

Frontiers. Burned! The fire of 1805 and rebuilding of Detroit / Keith A. Killoran
Fraud on the frontier: the Detroit Bank / John Paris
Elijah Brush, transnational American / Sharon Tevis Finch
Town hall: taverns in early Detroit / Kristen Harrell
"Feeding them when hungry": William Hull's failed Indian relations / Steve Lyskawa
Detroit's first Black militia / Charlie Keller
War. Headquarters for invasion: The François Baby House / Justin Wargo
Lydia Bacon: army wife, intrepid traveler / Kerri Jansen
"They had won their battle, too": an Odawa narrative of the War of 1812 / Daniel F. Harrison
The Askins of Sandwich: A family experiences the war / Timothy Marks
Homestead defense: the British occupation from a woman's perspective / Carly Campbell
"It was a hideous sight to see": treatment of casualties on the frontier / Scott A. Jankowski
The outlaw Andrew Westbrook / Meghan McGowan
Uncommon sailors in the Battle of Lake Erie / Rebecca Russell
The uneasy occupation of Amherstburg / Joshua Zimberg
Legacies. A most convenient Indian: the making of Tecumseh / Tim Moran
Celebrating peace on the Detroit frontier / Merry Ellen Scofield
A peaceful border: the Rush-Bagot Agreement of 1817 / James M. Shuryan
Frontier nationalism: President Monroe visits Detroit / Kaitlin Cooper
"I have been a great looser": John R. Williams and the War of 1812 / Matthew R. Thick
Recasting Michigan's image: the Darby Treatise / Charles Wilson Goode.