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An edition of Through the perilous fight (2013)

Through the perilous fight

six weeks that saved the nation

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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.

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Random House
Language
English
Pages
534

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Subjects

Campaigns, Baltimore, Battle of, Baltimore, Md., 1814, History, Key, francis scott, 1779-1843, Washington (d.c.), history, Maryland, history, United states, history, war of 1812, campaigns, Military campaigns, Baltimore, Battle of (Maryland : 1814) fast (OCoLC)fst01404346, Capture of Washington by the British (1814) fast (OCoLC)fst01352241, War of 1812. fast (OCoLC)fst01199067

People

George Cockburn Sir (1772-1853), Francis Scott Key (1779-1843)

Places

United States, Washington (D.C.), Maryland

Times

Capture by the British, 1814, War of 1812
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Cover of: Through the Perilous Fight
Through the Perilous Fight: Six Weeks That Saved the Nation
2013, Penguin Random House
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Cover of: Through the perilous fight
Through the perilous fight: six weeks that saved the nation
2013, Random House
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Through the Perilous Fight
Through the Perilous Fight: Six Weeks That Saved the Nation
Oct 01, 2013, Tantor Media Inc
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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

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

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.5/2
Library of Congress
E356.B2 V64 2013, E356.B2V64 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 534 p.
Number of pages
534

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Open Library
OL27144362M
Internet Archive
throughperilousf0000voge
ISBN 10
1400069130
ISBN 13
9781400069132
LCCN
2012039797
OCLC/WorldCat
809411651
Amazon ID (ASIN)

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