Sam Smith: Star-Spangled Hero: The Unsung Patriot Who Saved Baltimore & Helped Win the War of 1812

by Marc A. DeSimone Sr. and Robert Dudley

Book Overview

It was September 11 of 1814, during the "forgotten" War of 1812, and the future of American independence was on the line. The most powerful military force in the world, the British Royal Navy, had positioned a massive naval blockade all along the American Atlantic coast to the Gulf of Mexico, slowly strangling the infant U.S. economy. The invasion of Washington, D.C. by Lord Wellington's "Invincibles" the month before had resulted in the burning of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1502905515
• ISBN13: 9781502905512
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"