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- catalog abstract "In the hot and humid summer of 1814 British troops completed a fifty-mile march to capture the young American capital, putting to rout along the way pitiful citizen militiamen (some in winter gear, others barefoot) while President James Madison rode out of town to safety. Among those remaining, a realization spread that Washington had been "abandoned to a horrid fate." In no time, British arsonists set off an inferno whose glow was seen fifty miles away and from which burn marks are visible today on original stones of the White House. This attack was one of the defining moments in the coming-of-age of the United States, and Anthony Pitch tells the dramatic story with all the immediacy of an eyewitness account.".
- catalog alternative "Washington".
- catalog contributor b10709960.
- catalog coverage "Washington (D.C.) History Capture by the British, 1814.".
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "In the hot and humid summer of 1814 British troops completed a fifty-mile march to capture the young American capital, putting to rout along the way pitiful citizen militiamen (some in winter gear, others barefoot) while President James Madison rode out of town to safety. Among those remaining, a realization spread that Washington had been "abandoned to a horrid fate." In no time, British arsonists set off an inferno whose glow was seen fifty miles away and from which burn marks are visible today on original stones of the White House. This attack was one of the defining moments in the coming-of-age of the United States, and Anthony Pitch tells the dramatic story with all the immediacy of an eyewitness account.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-283) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "xv, 298 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Burning of Washington.".
- catalog identifier "1557506922 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Burning of Washington.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press,".
- catalog relation "Burning of Washington.".
- catalog spatial "Washington (D.C.) History Capture by the British, 1814.".
- catalog subject "973.5/23 21".
- catalog subject "E356.W3 P49 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "The burning of Washington : the British invasion of 1814 / Anthony S. Pitch.".
- catalog title "Washington".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".