Big bad ironclad! : a Civil War steamship showdown / text and illustrations, Nathan Hale.

By:

Hale, Nathan, 1976-

Material type:

TextSeries: Publisher: New York : Amulet Books, 2012Description: 118 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color maps, ports ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781419703959 (hardback)
1419703951 (hardback)
9780605823099

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Comic books, strips, etc.

DDC classification:

973.7 HAL 23

LOC classification:

E591 .H35 2012

Summary: Big Bad Ironclad! covers the history of the amazing ironclad steam warships used in the Civil War. From the ship's inventor, who had a history of blowing things up and only 100 days to complete his project, to the mischievous William Cushing, who pranked his way through the whole war, this book is filled with surprisingly true facts and funny, brave characters that modern readers will easily relate to.

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Big Bad Ironclad! covers the history of the amazing ironclad steam warships used in the Civil War. From the ship's inventor, who had a history of blowing things up and only 100 days to complete his project, to the mischievous William Cushing, who pranked his way through the whole war, this book is filled with surprisingly true facts and funny, brave characters that modern readers will easily relate to.