Episode 26

Peace in Ghent, War in New Orleans

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Fiske, John. Essays, Historical and Literary, Volume 1. New York: MacMillan, 1902. 

Hemard, Ned. “The Borgne Identity.” New Orleans Nostalgia: Remembering New Orleans History, Culture, and Traditions. New Orleans Bar Association. Accessed at: http://www.neworleansbar.org/uploads/files/The%20Borgne%20Identity%203_30_16(1).pdf.

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Langguth, A. J. Union 1812: The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006.

Meacham, Jon. American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. New York: Random House, 2009.

Parton, James. Life of Andrew Jackson, vol. 1. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866.

Remini, Robert V. The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson and America’s First Military Victory. London: Penguin Publishing, 2001. 

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