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The Star-spangled banner

by Deborah Kent · 1995

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An account of how, during the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key came to write the poem that became the national anthem.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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lawyerslawyersMore like thisLess of thiswriterswritersMore like thisLess of this
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19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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childrens
Length
short · 32 pages

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