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When Britain Burned the White House: The 1814 Invasion of Washington
By Snow, Peter
- ISBN
- 9781250048288 9781466848948
- Publisher
- Thomas Dunne: St. Martin's
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Starred Review on August 1, 2014 | Social Sciences
In observance of the "Burning of Washington" bicentennial, Snow (Hussein) offers an excellent account (first published in the UK in 2013) of how the British ignited the White House, the Capitol, and other public buildings on August 24, 1814. The author-historian traces the stationing of Admiral George Cockburn's impressive armada—laden with assault troops—in Chesapeake Bay, the local militias' inability to stop a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
