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Reign of iron
the story of the first battling ironclads, the Monitor and the Merrimack
By Nelson, James Gordon
- ISBN
- 978-0-06052-403-6
- Publisher
- New York : William Morrow, c2004.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 15, 2004
The Monitor-Merrimack showdown may be one of the Civil War's most overhyped chestnuts: the two ships were by no means the first ironclads, and their long awaited confrontation proved an anticlimactic draw, their cannon fire clanging harmlessly off each other's hulls. Still, the author of this lively history manages to bring out the story's dramatic elements. Nelson, author of the Revolution at Sea series of age-of-sail adventure...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
