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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Walter Lord |
| ISBN: | 9781421405476 1421405474 |
| OCLC Number: | 795241510 |
| Notes: | "Originally published by W.W. Norton & Company, 1972"--T.p. verso. |
| Description: | 384 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Sails on the Chesapeake -- Chastise the savages -- Face to face -- Sleepless hours -- Time runs out -- Bladenburg -- Ordeal by fire -- Shock waves -- Focus on Baltimore -- North Point -- Fort McHenry -- Britain struggles with herself -- The dawn's early light. |
| Series Title: | Maryland paperback bookshelf. |
| Responsibility: | Walter Lord ; with a new foreword by Scott S. Sheads. |
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Still the best account available of the two key battles of the War of 1812... brings the 1814 battles around Washington and Baltimore to life, making them seem terrifying and critical, as they must have seemed to Marylanders at the time. Baltimore City Paper One of the very best books on the War of 1812 ever written. -- Blaine Taylor Captain's Locker 2012 This reissue of The Dawn's Early Light celebrates the bicentennial of the Battle of Baltimore. Scott S. Sheads, a National Park Service ranger and specialist on the event, introduces the book, which will remain a popular favorite for years to come. Lone Star Book Review Compelling and often riveting, The Dawn's Early Light employs a journalistic style that imparts facts while retaining a sense of sensationalism and dramatic color. -- Dave Burford H-War, H-Net Reviews 2012 Read more...