Our Little Monitor by Anna Gibson Holloway

Our Little Monitor by Anna Gibson Holloway

On March 9, 1862, the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia met in the Battle of Hampton Roads-the first time ironclad vessels would engage each other in combat. Anna Gibson Holloway and Jonathan W. White bring Our Little Monitor to life once more in this beautifully illustrated volume, telling her story from conception in 1861 to sinking in 1862.

Holloway and White have. . done a great service to the historical community in drawing a vast wealth of sources about the ship to the surface. The authors of Our Little Monitor have gone beyond an edited volume and produced an accessible narrative intertwined with primary sources in a way that will give scholars a new depth of detail on circumstances from the ship’s inception to its recovery, and the general reader gets far more than just a glimpse behind the iron plate."- History: Reviews of New Books

"'Our Little Monitor' would look just as at home with lavishly illustrated coffee table books as it would with other important scholarly volumes. It contains well over a hundred full color, detailed photographs that help really solidify how contemporary observers viewed Ericsson's Monitor. Nestled amongst the images are lesser known primary accounts of the Battle of Hampton Roads, songs and poems written about the ship and her crew, as well as drawings and paintings that celebrated the 'Greatest Invention of the Civil War.' This book will undoubtedly set a standard for Monitor research in the future and should be included in any serious historiography. It ought to be considered a "must" for any serious student of the American Civil War and would be an entertaining read to even those with just a casual interest."- Hampton Roads Naval Museum

Anna Gibson Holloway is the former curator of the award- winning USS Monitor Center at e Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, Virginia. She holds a Ph.D. in history from the College of William & Mary and is a leading expert on the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor. Her articles have appeared in American Heritage, America’s Civil War, Civil War Times, and Naval History Magazine. She currently serves as the maritime historian for the National Park Service’s Maritime Heritage Program in Washington, D.C.

Jonathan W. White is associate professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University and a senior fellow with CNU’s Center for American Studies. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Abraham Lincoln Association, is vice president of the Abraham Lincoln Institute, and serves on the Ford’s Theatre Advisory Council. His recent books include Emancipation, the Union Army, and the Re- election of Abraham Lincoln and Midnight in America: Darkness, Sleep, and Dreams during the Civil War.

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ISBN 13	9781606353141
ISBN 10	1606353144
Title	Our Little Monitor
Author	Anna Gibson Holloway
Series	Civil War In The North
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Kent State University Press
Year published	2018-02-15
Number of pages	304
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.