Washington Burning How a Frenchman's Vision for Our Nation's Capital Survived Congress, the Founding Fathers, and the Invading British Army Book

Standiford, Les. (2009). Washington Burning How a Frenchman's Vision for Our Nation's Capital Survived Congress, the Founding Fathers, and the Invading British Army .

cited authors

  • Standiford, Les

abstract

  • A narrative chronicle of the story of the Federal City traces such factors as the 1814 destruction of a fledgling Washington by British troops, the eccentric architectural vision of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, and the rivalry between George ...

publication date

  • July 28, 2009

keywords

  • History

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

publisher

  • Three Rivers Press