Washington Burning
How a Frenchman's Vision for Our Nation's Capital Survived Congress, the Founding Fathers, and the Invading British Army
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Author
Publication
2009-07-28 - Three Rivers Press
Word Count
92,000 words, Guess
Page Count
368 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archivewashingtonburnin0000stan_r8s1
- ISBN-100307346455
- ISBN-139780307346452
- OCLC Control Number318240891
- Open LibraryOL24087523M
Classifications
- LCCF195 .S79 2008b
Description
Washington burning transports us in time to the very foundig of our nation and its capital. We learn that the Washington we know might never have come to be had it not been for the destruction of the young city by British troops in 1814, or for Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the eccentric, passionate, difficult architect who fell in love with his adopted country. L'Enfant's sweeping vision of a grand Federal City inspired President George Washington but earned the enmity of Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, who hated the idea of an imperial city. So was the capital born of feuding personalities, and located on the banks of the Potomac only after great political struggle.
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