TY - BOOK AU - Berton,Pierre AU - Cameron,Scott TI - The Battles of the War of 1812 :The Capture of Detroit T2 - Adventures in Canadian history SN - 0771014252 U1 - 973.5 BER PY - 1991/// CY - Toronto PB - McClelland & Stewart KW - Detroit (Mich.) KW - Surrender to the British, 1812 KW - Canada KW - History KW - War of 1812 KW - Campaigns KW - United States KW - Authors, Canadian KW - bisacsh KW - HISTORY / Canada / Pre-Confederation (to 1867) N1 - "For pre-teen and young teenage readers."; These large print texts have been enlarged and printed by the W. Ross Macdonald School, Brantford with the permission of the publisher. The books are financed by the Ministry of Education, Ontario and are lent without charge to visually handicapped students. ; Photoenlarged from; Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 1991; (Adventures in Canadian history. The battles of the war of 1812) N2 - The British and Canadians were marching on the American fort of Detroit. The Americans, who had expected to seize Upper Canada without a struggle, were in retreat, holed up within the walls of the Fort. Pierre Berton recounts the dramatic scenes at the start of a war that helped shape the new Canada and define the Canadian character ER -