Tecumseh & Brock The War of 1812 by James Laxer

At the dawn of the nineteenth century, the British Empire is engaged in a titanic war with Napoleonic France for global supremacy. The American Republic is quickly expanding its territory along the western frontier, while native peoples struggle to protect their lands from the relentless wave of new settlers.

Best-selling author and scholar James Laxer offers a fresh and compelling view of this decisive war, by bringing to life two major contests: the native peoples' Endless War to establish nationhood and sovereignty on their traditional territories and the American campaign to settle its grievances with Britain through the conquest of Canada. At the heart of this story is the unlikely friendship and political alliance of Tecumseh, the Shawnee chief and charismatic leader of the native confederacy, and Major General Isaac Brock, defender and protector of the British Crown. Together, these two towering figures secured what would become the nation of Canada.

Vividly rendered and passionately depicted, Tecumseh & Brock is a highly engaging, impeccably researched, and powerful work of history.

Hard Cover.

About the author: James Laxer is the best-selling and award-winning author of twenty-five books, including Stalking the Elephant: My Discovery of America, The Border: Canada, the U.S. and Dispatches from the Forty-Ninth Parallel, The Acadians: In Search of a Homeland, and Tecumseh, a book for young readers. He is a former columnist for the Toronto Star, and he was host of a public affairs show on TV Ontario for three seasons. He is a professor of Political Science in the Department of Equity Studies at York University. He lives in Toronto.