The complete online text of The Naval War of 1812 by Theodore Roosevelt.

The persona Theodore Roosevelt projected as, among other things, president of the United States, man of letters, Rough Rider, historian, big-game hunter, and conservationist has come to symbolize the temper of his time. The noted historian Albert J. Beve...

Theodore Roosevelt was a prolific author, the twenty-sixth president of the United States, the first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize, and the only United States president to be awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor. He was a rancher, a hunter, an he...

Theodore Roosevelt was probably America's closest approximation to a man of letters who was also a man of affairs. Roosevelt possessed an extraordinarily strong intellect coupled with the energies and aggressiveness of a Renaissance prince. Such a combin...

The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History. Volume III: 1814-1815, Chesapeake Bay, Northern Lakes, and Pacific Ocean. Edited by Michael J. Crawford and others. Foreword by William S. Dudley. (Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, 2002. Pp. xlviii, 874. $70.00,...

The Naval War on Lake Ontario 1812-1814 Author: Robert Malcomson Toronto: Robin Brass Studio. 1998. 411 pages. Hardcover Before reading this book, my initial reaction to it was something akin to boredom. It appeared to be yet another book about the...