The town that fooled the British

By Lisa Papp

Subjects: Naval operations, Maryland, fiction, United states, history, war of 1812, fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, History

Description: On August 10, 1813, with the British navy advancing up the Chesapeake Bay to destroy the shipyards in St. Michaels, Maryland, young Henry Middle thinks of a way to save his home town from British cannons.