{"product_id":"duel-between-the-first-ironclads-paperback","title":"Duel Between the First Ironclads - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam C. Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne was called \"a tin can on a shingle\"; the other, \"a half-submerged crocodile.\" Yet, on a March day in 1862 in Hampton Roads, Virginia, after a five-hour duel, the U.S.S. \u003ci\u003eMonitor\u003c\/i\u003e and the C.S.S. \u003ci\u003eVirginia\u003c\/i\u003e(formerly the U.S.S. \u003ci\u003eMerrimack\u003c\/i\u003e) were to change the course of not only the Civil War but also naval warfare forever. Using letters, diaries, and memoirs of men who lived through the epic battle of the \u003ci\u003eMonitor\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eMerrimack\u003c\/i\u003e and of those who witnessed it from afar, William C. Davis documents and analyzes this famous confrontation of the first two modern warships. The result is a full-scale history that is as exciting as a novel. Besides a thorough discussion of the designs of each ship, Davis portrays come of the men involved in the building and operation of America's first ironclads--John Ericsson, supreme egoist and engineering genius who designed the \u003ci\u003eMonitor\u003c\/i\u003e; John Brooke, designer of the \u003ci\u003eVirginia\u003c\/i\u003e; John Worden, the well-loved captain of the \u003ci\u003eMonitor\u003c\/i\u003e; Captain Franklin Buchanan of the \u003ci\u003eVirginia\u003c\/i\u003e; and a host of other men on both Union and Confederate sides whose contributions make this history as much a story of men as of ships and war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing letters, diaries, and memoirs of men who lived through the epic battle of the 'Monitor' and the 'Merrimack' and of those who witnessed it from afar, William C. Davis documents and analyzes this famous confrontation of the first two modern warships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam C. Davis, former executive director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies at Virginia Tech University, has written numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eAn Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate Government.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8.51 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 1981\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722891825215,"sku":"9780807108680","price":35.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f2035348dc234d74446f241286b72831.webp?v=1765097310","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/duel-between-the-first-ironclads-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}