Through the Perilous Fight: From the Burning of Washington to the Star-Spangled Banner: The Six Weeks That Saved the Nation - Paperback
by Steve Vogel
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House TradeISBN-13:9780812981391ISBN-10:812981391UPC:9780812981391Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, Military, United StatesBook Topic:United States, 19th CenturySize:8.11 x 5.20 x 1.22 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SCJZC3TEMM
Through the Perilous Fight: From the Burning of Washington to the Star-Spangled Banner: The Six Weeks That Saved the Nation
In a rousing account of one of the critical turning points in American history, Through the Perilous Fight tells the gripping story of the burning of Washington and the improbable last stand at Baltimore that helped save the nation and inspired its National Anthem. In the summer of 1814, the United States of America teetered on the brink of disaster. The war it had declared against Great Britain...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House TradeISBN-13:9780812981391ISBN-10:812981391UPC:9780812981391Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, Military, United StatesBook Topic:United States, 19th CenturySize:8.11 x 5.20 x 1.22 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SCJZC3TEMM
Steve Vogel is the author of The Pentagon and a veteran national reporter for The Washington Post. He has written extensively about military affairs and the treatment of veterans from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. His reporting on the war in Afghanistan was part of a package of Washington Post stories selected as a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize. Vogel covered the September 11 terrorist...
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