The Civil War Book Group will broaden its scope to become the American History Book Club, focusing on the 1760 to 1900 time period. The July book is Mr. and Mrs. Madison's War: America's First Couple and the War of 1812 by Hugh Howard (Bloomsbury, $18.00). The War of 1812 remains the least understood of America's wars. Neither side gained a clear triumph, but in truth it was our second War of Independence, settling once and for all that America would never again submit to Britain. It featured humiliating disasters - Washington was attacked, the White House burned - and stirring successes, like the Battle of Lake Erie, one of the greatest naval victories in American history. Here Howard brings a forgotten conflict alive, and offers a vivid portrait of two key figures at its center, President James Madison and his courageous First Lady, Dolley.
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