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Through the perilous fight : six weeks that saved the nation / Steve Vogel

Catalog Data

Author:
Vogel, Steve 1960-  Search this
Subject:
Cockburn, George Sir 1772-1853  Search this
Key, Francis Scott 1779-1843  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 534 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Maryland
United States
Date:
2013
©2013
Capture by the British, 1814
War of 1812
Contents:
Prelude: I See Nothing Else Left -- How Do You Like the War Now? -- Laid in Ashes -- The British Invasion -- What the Devil Will They Do Here? -- Be It So, We Will Proceed -- The Enemy in Bladensburg! -- The Battle for Washington -- A Spectacle Terrible and Magnificent -- They Feel Strongly the Disgrace -- Times Truly Awful -- The Arrogant Foe -- The Mission of Francis Scott Key -- The Town Must Be Burned -- The Battle for Baltimore -- The Rockets' Red Glare -- Does That Star-Spangled Banner Yet Wave? -- Our Glorious Peace -- Epilogue
Summary:
Traces the story of a pivotal six-week period in 1814 that marked the turnaround of the War of 1812 and enabled a nearly defeated U.S. to rally against British forces at Baltimore, in an account that also shares perspectives on such contributors as Admiral Cockburn and Francis Scott Key.
Topic:
Baltimore, Battle of, Baltimore, Md., 1814  Search this
History  Search this
Campaigns  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1030496