{"product_id":"iron-coffin-david-a-mindell-9781421405209","title":"Iron Coffin: War, Technology, and Experience Aboard the USS Monitor","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe USS \u003ci\u003eMonitor\u003c\/i\u003e famously battled the CSS \u003ci\u003eVirginia\u003c\/i\u003e (the armored and refitted USS Merrimack) at Hampton Roads in March 1862. This updated edition of David A. Mindell's classic account of the ironclad warships and the human dimension of modern warfare commemorates the 150th anniversary of this historic encounter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMindell explores how mariners--fighting \"blindly,\" below the waterline--lived in and coped with the metal monster they called the \"iron coffin.\" He investigates how the ironclad technology, new to war in the nineteenth century, changed not only the tools but also the experience of combat and anticipated today's world of mechanized, pushbutton warfare. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe writings of William Frederick Keeler, the ship's paymaster, inform much of this book, as do the experiences of everyman sailor George Geer, who held Keeler in some contempt. Mindell uses their compelling stories, and those of other shipmates, to recreate the thrills and dangers of living and fighting aboard this superweapon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecently, pieces of the \u003ci\u003eMonitor\u003c\/i\u003e wreck have been raised from their watery grave, and with them, information about the ship continues to be discovered. A new epilogue describes the recovery of the \u003ci\u003eMonitor\u003c\/i\u003e turret and its display at the USS \u003ci\u003eMonitor\u003c\/i\u003e Museum in Newport News, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis sensitive and enthralling history of the USS \u003ci\u003eMonitor\u003c\/i\u003e ensures that this fateful ship, and the men who served on it, will be remembered for generations to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David A. Mindell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421405202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421405209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/09\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012 pg. 293","brand":"David A. Mindell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46052231774463,"sku":"9781421405209","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8b683feb-927f-460b-a00d-4ba8df163eac.jpg?v=1723555719","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/iron-coffin-david-a-mindell-9781421405209","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}