Through the perilous fight : six weeks that saved the nation

Vogel, Steve 1960- (Author).

Item details

ISBN: 9781400069132 (acid-free paper)
ISBN: 1400069130 (acid-free paper)
Physical Description: print
xviii, 534 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Random House, c2013.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-518) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.

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Baltimore, Battle of, Baltimore, Md., 1814
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Key, Francis Scott 1779-1843
Washington (D.C.) History Capture by the British, 1814
Maryland History War of 1812 Campaigns
United States History War of 1812 Campaigns

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