{"product_id":"thunder-at-hampton-roads-9780306805233","title":"Thunder At Hampton Roads","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOn March 9, 1862, the \"battle of the  century\" took place at Hampton Roads. The U.S.S. \u003ci\u003eMonitor\u003c\/i\u003e, the world's  first all-iron fighting ship, repulsed the Confederate ironclad  \u003ci\u003eMerrimack\u003c\/i\u003e. In so doing, the Yankee vessel demolished forever the \"wooden  walls\" of the fleet's oak and billowing canvas and helped ensure a Northern  victory in the Civil War. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThunder at Hampton Roads\u003c\/i\u003e is the only book  that covers the entire story of the \u003ci\u003eMonitor\u003c\/i\u003e, from its inception to its  rediscovery in 1973. Drawing on personal accounts and old logs, Hoehling  describes the life and times of the famous ship. Ridiculed as a freak  of its day, the \u003ci\u003eMonitor \u003c\/i\u003ewas specifically designed to combat the  indestructible \u003ci\u003eMerrimack\u003c\/i\u003e. But is was such an odd-looking craft that one  Union officer told the Swedish inventor, John Ericsson, to take his  model home \"and worship it, as it would not be idolatry, because it was  in the image of nothing in the heavens above, or on the earth beneath,  or in the waters under the earth.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eHoehling brings to life the exciting  race between North and South to achieve naval supremacy. He vividly  re-creates the \u003ci\u003eMonitor\u003c\/i\u003e's famous clash with the \u003ci\u003eMerrimack\u003c\/i\u003e and gives a  dramatic account of how a team of marine scientists rediscovered the  \u003ci\u003eMonitor\u003c\/i\u003e twelve miles off Cape Hatteras, resting on the ocean floor.  \u003ci\u003eThunder at Hampton Roads\u003c\/i\u003e is the complete story of one of the world's  greatest fighting ships.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51104067289393,"sku":"9780306805233","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pageaday.com\/products\/thunder-at-hampton-roads-9780306805233","provider":"Page-A-Day","version":"1.0","type":"link"}