Contents

ONE. Sails on the Chesapeake

TWO. “Chastise the Savages”

THREE. Face to Face

FOUR. Sleepless Hours

FIVE. Time Runs Out

SIX. Bladensburg

SEVEN. Ordeal by Fire

EIGHT. Shock Waves

NINE. Focus on Baltimore

TEN. North Point

ELEVEN. Fort McHenry

TWELVE. Britain Struggles with Herself

THIRTEEN. “The Dawn’s Early Light”

Acknowledgments