Through the perilous fight : six weeks that saved the nation
(2013)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
973.52/VOGEL,S
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Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Random House, [2013]
©2013
©2013
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xviii, 534 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781400069132 (acid-free paper), 1400069130 (acid-free paper)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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 -- Hide our heads -- 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