Iron thunder : the battle between the Monitor & the Merrimac : a Civil War novel / Avi ; with illustrations by C.B. Mordan.
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TextPublication details: New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: 203 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN: - 1423104463
- 9781423104469
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Avi | Available | 33111005289257 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
After his father is killed, 13-year-old Tom Carroll takes a job at a Brooklyn ironworks. Tom learns that the men are building a ship from iron to be used by the Union Army against the Confederate ironclad called the Merrimac. Illustrated with period photos, drawings, and maps.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203).
Tom's job as an assistant to Captain John Ericsson, the inventor of the Monitor, makes him a target of Confederate spies.
Ages 8-12.