The Burning of Washington: The British Invasion of 1814 - Hardcover

Pitch, Anthony S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1557506922 ISBN 13: 9781557506924

Publisher: Naval Inst Pr, 1998

Synopsis

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. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Winner of the 2001 Arline Custer Memorial Award presented by Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference. The awards committee cited The Burning of Washington as “...an excellent example of bringing the past to life through creative use of archival sources.”

About the Author:

Anthony S. Pitch is the author of a number of books including The Burning of Washington: The British Invasion of 1814, a selection of the History Book Club and winner of the Arline Custer Memorial Prize and Maryland Historical Society's annual book award. He has been featured on outlets ranging from NPR to The History Channel to C-Span to Fox News and is a highly sought-after public speaker. A former journalist in England, Africa, and Israel, Pitch has been a broadcast editor for the Associated Press and a senior writer for US News and World Report's Books division. He lives in a Washington, DC, suburb.

About this edition

• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1557506922
• ISBN 13: 9781557506924
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 298