Contents

Preface

Introduction: South Bass Island

Part One: Prologue to the Battle

1Strategic Background

2Preparing for the 1813 Campaign

3Building and Manning the Fleets

Part Two: The Ordeal of Combat

4Preliminaries to Combat

5The Battle of Lake Erie

6Denouement

Appendix: British Squadron Armament

Notes

Glossary of Nautical Terms

Bibliographic Essay

Index