Big Bad Ironclad! (Hale - hardcover)

Author: Nathan Hale

ISBN: 9781419703959

Binding: hardcover

Section: Graphic-Novels

Series: Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #2

Ships are great for transport, but when they are made of wood they tend to start leaking when cannons fire upon them. But what if the ship is covered with iron? Assuming it doesn’t sink to the bottom of the ocean, wouldn’t it be stronger and better than any other ship out there? This is the question that begins a race between the North and the South to come up with the biggest, best ironclad warships. Here is the story of the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (also called the Merrimack), two of the world’s first ironclad ships, and their fascinating role in the Civil War.