01918cam a2200385 4500 770975790 TxAuBib 20070523120000.0 050429s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2005011933 9781575058757 lib. bdg. : alk. paper 1575058758 lib. bdg. : alk. paper DLC DLC KyLxBWI ICrlF TxAuBib Figley, Marty Rhodes, 1948- Washington is burning [Book] / by Marty Rhodes Figley ; illustrations by Craig Orback. Minneapolis, MN : Millbrook Press, 2006. 48 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm. On My Own Books Eleanor Steele Blocher Endowment Fund. Includes bibliographical references (p. 48). Tells the story of how President James Madison's young slave Paul Jennings stayed behind when Washington, D.C., was threatened by the British during the War of 1812, and helped the president's wife Dolley save official papers and other valuable items from the White House before it was burned by the advancing British Army. 1.6 Follett Library Resources. K-3 Follett Library Resources. 20070524. Jennings, Paul b. 1799 Juvenile literature. Madison, Dolley 1768-1849 Juvenile literature. United States History War of 1812 Juvenile literature. Child slaves Washington (D.C) Juvenile literature. Slaves Washington (D.C) Juvenile literature. African Americans Washington (D.C) Juvenile literature. War of 1812. Washington (D.C) History Capture by the British, 1814 Juvenile literature. Orback, Craig, Illustrator. On My Own Books.