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The Dawn's Early Light
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The heartpounding tale of the events leading up to and including the Battle of Baltimore and the defense of Fort McHenry.
In the summer of 1814, enemy naval and ground forces made a coordinated assault on Washington, DC, capital of the new republic, and then set their sights on Baltimore, home port to some of the most rapacious American privateers on the high seas. In The Dawn's Early Light, Walter Lord captures these events during the War of 1812.
A native Baltimorean, Lord wrote with great...