02080cam a2200445 4500 9778887 TxAuBib 20060510120000.0 ||||||s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 2005011933 9781575058757 lib. bdg. : alk. paper 1575058758 lib. bdg. : alk. paper TxAuBib Figley, Marty Rhodes, 1948- Washington is burning / by Marty Rhodes Figley ; illustrations by Craig Orback. Minneapolis, MN : Millbrook Press, 2006. 48 p : col. ill ; 23 cm. On my own history 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. Jennings, Paul b. 1799 Juvenile literature. Jennings, Paul b. 1799. Madison, Dolley 1768-1849 Juvenile literature. Madison, Dolley 1768-1849. Child slaves Washington (D.C.) Juvenile literature. Slaves Washington (D.C.) Juvenile literature. Slaves. African Americans Washington (D.C.) Juvenile literature. African Americans. African American boys Washington (D.C.) Juvenile literature. War of 1812. Washington (D.C) History Capture by the British, 1814 Juvenile literature. Washington (D.C) History. United States History War of 1812 Juvenile literature. United States History War of 1812. Orback, Craig, ill. On my own history.