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Iron thunder : the battle between the Monitor & the Merrimac : a Civil War novel / - 1st ed. - New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2007. - 203 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. - An I witness novel .

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.

ISBN: 9781423104469 1423104463

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Monitor (Ironclad)--Juvenile fiction.
Merrimack (Frigate)--Juvenile fiction.
Monitor (Ironclad)--Fiction.
Merrimack (Frigate)--Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862--Juvenile fiction.
Armored vessels--Juvenile fiction.
Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862--Fiction.
Armored vessels--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Juvenile fiction.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction.