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Burning of Washington Abridged Edition
Author(s): Anthony Pitch (Author)
- Publisher: Naval Institute Press
- Publication Date: 15 May 2003
- Edition: Abridged
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1557506906
- ISBN-13: 9781557506900
Book Description
Describes the burning of Washington in 1814 by the British and Francis Scott Key’s inspiration to write the poem that became the national anthem while he was a hostage on a British warship.
