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What so proudly we hailed : Francis Scott Key, a life
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What so proudly we hailed : Francis Scott Key, a life / Marc Leepson.
ISBN
9781137278289 (hbk.)
1137278285 (hbk.)
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Physical Description
xiii, 234 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 02, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227) and index.
Contents
Introduction : a classical speaker
A family of lawyers
Annapolis, Frederick Town, and George Town
Nil desperandum
Piety and patriotism
A citizen of the highest respectability
A beautiful and animating effusion
A useless, pernicious, dangerous portion of the population
A class of very dangerous people
A stormy tumult of feeling
A vigorous and well-cultivated intellect
A friend of peace
A particular friend of the president
A rank Jackson man
The prosecutor
Minister to Alabama
An incorruptible patriot
An alarming state of disorder
A friend of men of color
Epilogue : one of the best men who ever lived.
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