{"product_id":"reign-of-iron-the-story-of-the-first-battling-ironclads-the-monitor-and-the-merrimack-9780060524043","title":"Reign of Iron: The Story of the First Battling Ironclads, the Monitor and the Merrimack","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the outbreak of the Civil War, North and South quickly saw the need to develop the latest technology in naval warfare, the ironclad ship. After a year-long scramble to finish first, in a race filled with intrigue and second guessing, blundering and genius, the two ships -- the \u003cem\u003eMonitor\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eMerrimack\u003c\/em\u003e -- after a four-hour battle, ended the three-thousand-year tradition of wooden men-of-war and ushered in \"the reign of iron.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first major work on the subject in thirty-five years, novelist, historian, and tall-ship sailor James L. Nelson, acclaimed author of the Brethren of the Coast trilogy, brilliantly recounts the story of these magnificent ships, the men who built and fought them, and the extraordinary battle that made them legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNelson, James L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJames L. Nelson has served as a seaman, rigger, boatswain, and officer on a number of sailing vessels. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eBy Force of Arms, The Maddest Idea, The Continental Risque, Lords of the Ocean, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAll the Brave Fellows --\u003c\/em\u003e the five books of his Revolution at Sea Saga. -- as well as \u003cem\u003eThe Guardship: Book One of the Brethren of the Coast.\u003c\/em\u003e He lives with his wife and children in Harpswell, Maine. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317792051474,"sku":"9780060524043","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4a6cc199-e7a0-4d32-a1de-70d68b0a45d8.jpg?v=1727540509","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/reign-of-iron-the-story-of-the-first-battling-ironclads-the-monitor-and-the-merrimack-9780060524043","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}