Through the perilous fight
Subtitle: six weeks that saved the nation
By: Steve Vogel
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 534
ISBN-13: 9781400069132
Subjects: Campaigns; Baltimore, Battle of, Baltimore, Md., 1814; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-518) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prelude: I See Nothing Else Left; title: How Do You Like the War Now?; title: Laid in Ashes; title: The British Invasion; title: What the Devil Will They Do Here?; title: Be It So, We Will Proceed; title: The Enemy in Bladensburg!; title: The Battle for Washington; title: A Spectacle Terrible and Magnificent; title: They Feel Strongly the Disgrace; title: Times Truly Awful; title: The Arrogant Foe; title: The Mission of Francis Scott Key; title: The Town Must Be Burned; title: The Battle for Baltimore; title: The Rockets' Red Glare; title: Does That Star-Spangled Banner Yet Wave?; title: Our Glorious Peace; title: Epilogue.