What so proudly we hailed : Francis Scott Key, a life /

"Francis Scott Key is enshrined in America?s iconography as a paragon of patriotism on par with Betsy Ross, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, Paul Revere, and John Hancock - individuals who hold exalted places in early American history for performing one memorable act. For Francis Scott Key, that im...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leepson, Marc, 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • U.S. Minister to Alabama
  • An incorruptible patriot
  • An alarming state of disorder
  • A friend of men of color
  • Epilogue: one of the best men that ever lived.