Just in time for the bicentennial of the War of 1812 comes this unique presentation of information, facts and context regarding the significant battle n in the first-person voices of two main participants! Much will be written and much will be said about the War of 1812 in this, the bicentennial year of its beginning -- Its geopolitical context, the main players, the major battles. But award-winning military historian Norman Leach has found a way to make the events, the people, and the settings for the war n he is creating first person monologues for two of the main participants in the battle n Lieutenant James Fitzgibbon and Laura Secord. Using his extensive historical research, his familiarity with armed campaigns, and his ability to spin a good yard on matters military, he literally puts words in the mouths of these two heros of the war. Fitzgibbon was the military officer who led the British forces in many of the battles for Canadian territoriy. Laura Secord was the woman who undertook a daring trek to warn Fitzgibbon of an impending American surprise attack. Created to be performed, in period costume, before classrooms of history students, the monologues will be accompanied by numerous historic images of the time, to set the situation and the mood of this extremely formative event in the history of early Canada.

Norman Leach is the author of the bestselling Passchendaele: Triumph and Tragedy on the Fields of Flanders. He served as historical advisor on the Paul Gross feature-film production of Passchendaele. His other publications include: Great Military Leaders: Charismatic Canadian Commanders; Canadian Battles: Canada's Role in Major World Conflicts; Broken Arrow: America's First Lost Nuclear Weapon; and Canadian Peacekeepers: Ten Stories of Valour in War-Torn Countries. He is the recipient of no less than 5 Crystal Book Awards from the University of Lethbridge. Saskatchewan-born, Norman Leach graduated with a degree in Strategic Studies from the University of Manitoba, and he gives speeches around the world on Canadian military history. He has been awarded both the Canadian 125 and Alberta Centennial Medals, and has also been named an honourary peacekeeper by the Canadian Armed Forces

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