Canadians have been celebrated participants in many conflicts on foreign soils, but most Canadians aren't aware that they've also had to defend themselves at home. Jennifer Crump brings to life the battles fought by Canadians to ensure the country's independence and reveals the invasion plans by the United States and Germany to conquer Canada.

Jennifer Crump is a freelance journalist and author whose work has appeared in numerous North American magazines and several anthologies. The author of a Toronto guidebook and two previous books on the War of 1812, she lives in Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario.