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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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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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.