Title: Mr. Key's song
First published: 1937
Description: During a war between the English and Americans, an American doctor was unjustly taken prisoner aboard an English ship. Francis Scott Key went to plead for the prisoner, and while on board the ship saw the battle which inspired him to write the Star-spangled banner.
Subjects: History, Juvenile literature, Star-spangled banner (Song), United States War of 1812
Places: United States
People: Francis Scott Key (1779-1843)
Time periods: War of 1812