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LEADER: 01958cam a2200337 a 4500
001 2006038049
003 DLC
005 20080703084742.0
008 061114s2007 ncua b 001 0beng
010 $a 2006038049
020 $a9780786427666 (softcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0786427663 (softcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm76183806
035 $a(OCoLC)76183806
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBAKER$dC#P$dBTCTA$dYDX$dYDXCP$dDLC
042 $alcac
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aVM140.E75$bT48 2007
082 00 $a609.2$aB$222
100 1 $aThulesius, Olav.
245 14 $aThe man who made the Monitor :$ba biography of John Ericsson, naval engineer /$cOlav Thulesius.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc.,$cc2007.
300 $aviii, 255 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
520 $a"The main focus of this work is Ericsson's design and construction of the ironclad USS Monitor. One of the first viable armored warships, the Monitor revolutionized naval warfare the world over"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 249-251) and index.
505 0 $aMiner and canal boy -- Soldier and inventor John -- To England -- Locomotion -- John Bull -- Propulsion -- The New World -- The Princeton disaster -- The age of caloric -- Naval blockade -- The new Merrimack -- Lincoln's raft -- The Monitor -- The right track -- Happy experience -- The Monitor boys -- Tragic end -- Monitor craze -- The Destroyer -- Solar energy -- Centennial exhibition -- Alfred Nobel -- Manhattan -- The man -- Family and friends -- Home again -- Ericsson remembered -- Lost and found.
600 10 $aEricsson, John,$d1803-1889.
650 0 $aMarine engineers$zUnited States$vBiography.
610 20 $aMonitor (Ironclad)$xDesign and construction.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006038049.html
856 42 $3Book review (H-Net)$uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0f6k0-aa