Format:
Online-Ressource (337 p)
ISBN:
9781557504258
Content:
With all the immediacy of an eyewitness account, Anthony Pitch tells the dramatic story of the British invasion of Washington in the summer of 1814, an episode many call a defining moment in the coming-of-age of the United States. The British torched the Capitol, the White House, and many other public buildings, setting off an inferno that illuminated the countryside for miles and sending President James Madison scurrying out of town while his wife Dolley rescued a life-sized portrait of George Washington from the flames. The author's gripping narrative--hailed by a White House curator, a
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. War; 2. Target Washington; 3. A Village for a Capital; 4. Invasion; 5. Pandemonium; 6. The Juggernaut Rolls On; 7. The Battle of Bladensburg; 8. The Capital Abandoned; 9. Washington in Flames; 10. A Lightning Occupation; 11. A Flag Furled in Darkness; 12. Refuge among Pacifists; 13. Alexandria Surrenders; 14. Baltimore Defiant; 15. The Battle of North Point; 16. Bombs over Baltimore; 17. The Birth of an Anthem; Epiologue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Additional Edition:
9781612512549
Additional Edition:
Print version The Burning of Washington : The British Invasion of 1814
Language:
English
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