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Author:
Stucliffe, Jane, author.
Title:
The White House is burning : August 24, 1814 / Jane Stucliffe.
Publisher:
Charlesbridge,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
120 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Subject:
White House (Washington, D.C.)--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.
White House (Washington, D.C.)--History.
Washington (D.C.)--History--Capture by the British, 1814--Juvenile literature.
United States--History--War of 1812--Juvenile literature.
Washington (D.C.)--History--Capture by the British, 1814.
United States--History--War of 1812.
Other Authors:
Farquharson, Alexander, illustrator.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-118) and index.
Summary:
They were there to watch the White House burn. First-hand accounts give voice to various characters who saw it all happen the night the British invaded Washington. Meet a child slave, First Lady Dolley Madison, a teenage American soldier, and a British officer as they recount the historic day that almost brought a new nation to its knees.
ISBN:
158089657X
9781580896573
Locations:
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

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