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Description of  Iron Dawn The Monitor, the Merrimack, and the Civil War Sea Battle That Changed History (2024) [Audiobook]

B01MDRFHSW M4B@64 kbps English | ASIN: B01MDRFHSW | 2016 | 12 hours and 16 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 356 MB Author: Richard Snow Narrator: Grover Gardner The ship hurried south from Brooklyn (and nearly sank twice on the voyage), only to arrive to find the Merrimack had destroyed half the Union fleet and would be back to finish the job the next day. When she returned, the Monitor was there. She fought the Merrimack to a standstill and saved the Union cause. As soon as word of the battle spread, Great Britain - the foremost sea power of the day - ceased work on all wooden ships. A thousand-year-old tradition ended, and the path to the naval future opened. Iron Dawn is the irresistible story of these incredible, intimidating war machines. Historian Richard Snow brings to vivid life the tensions of the time, explaining how wooden and ironclad ships worked, maneuvered, battled, and sank. This full account of the Merrimack and Monitor has never been told in such immediate, compelling detail.