| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xviii, 534 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [427]-518) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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 -- 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 -- Epilogue. |
| Subject |
Baltimore, Battle of, Baltimore, Md., 1814.
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Cockburn, George, Sir, 1772-1853.
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Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843.
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Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Capture by the British, 1814.
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Maryland -- History -- War of 1812 -- Campaigns.
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United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Campaigns.
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| ISBN |
9781400069132 (acid-free paper) |
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1400069130 (acid-free paper) |
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9780679603474 ebook |
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0679603476 ebook |
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