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Duel of the ironclads
the Monitor vs. the Virginia
By O'Brien, Patrick Karl
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-80278-843-6
- Publisher
- New York : Walker & Co., 2003.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2003
Gr 4-8 The author/illustrator of The Hindenburg (Holt, 2000) and The Great Ships (Walker, 2001) spins a tale for young people of dueling military machines. The Monitor and the Virginia got a single-page treatment in The Great Ships; here O'Brien explicates the technological and political circumstances that brought these ironclads on the scene and changed the course of naval history. His succinct text should hold the attention of r...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
