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Author:

Vogel, Steve.

Title:

Through the perilous fight : six weeks that saved the nation / Steve Vogel.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Random House,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xviii, 534 p. ; ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Baltimore, Battle of, Baltimore, Md., 1814.
Cockburn, George,--Sir,--1772-1853.
Key, Francis Scott,--1779-1843.
Washington (D.C.)--History--Capture by the British, 1814.
Maryland--Campaigns.--War of 1812--Campaigns.
United States--Campaigns.--War of 1812--Campaigns.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

1400069130 (acid-free paper)
9781400069132 (acid-free paper)

LCCN:

2012039797

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)