ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1998
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

THE BURNING OF Washington
THE BRITISH INVASION OF 1814
Autor: Anthony S. Pitch
Izdavač: Naval Institute Press Annapolis, Maryland 1998,
Tvrd povez, 298 stranica, 23x16cm
Tekst na engleskom jeziku
Vrlo dobro očuvano

- `Pitch, a former journalist and the author of numerous books, uses letters, diaries, journals, and newspapers from both sides of the Atlantic to describe this key episode of American history. He also tells how Francis Scott Key was inspired to write an epic poem which became our National Anthem. The tale is expanded to cover not only events surrounding the burning of Washington but also a campaign that evolved into the bombardment of Fort McHenry and the final clash at New Orleans.`

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
War
Target Washington
A Village for a Capital
Invasion
Pandemonium
The Juggernaut Rolls On
The Battle of Bladensburg
The Capital Abandoned
Washington in Flames
A Lightning Occupation
A Flag Furled in Darkness
Refuge among Pacifists
Alexandria Surrenders
Baltimore Defiant
The Battle of North Point
Bombs over Baltimore
The Birth of an Anthem
Epilogue
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index




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