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"Through the Perilous Fight: Six Weeks That Saved the Nation" by Steve Vogel

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published May 29, 2013 at 11:12 AM EDT
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    In his new book, Through the Perilous Fight: Six Weeks That Saved the Nation

, veteran reporter Steve Vogel tells the gripping story of the burning of Washington and the improbable last stand at Baltimore that helped save the nation and inspired its National Anthem.

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