false 1888018 3 <BR><DIV><DIV><BR>When his father is killed fighting for the Union in the War Between the States, thirteen-year-old Tom Carroll must take a job to help support his family. He manages to find work at a bustling ironworks in his hometown of Brooklyn, New York, where dozens of men are frantically pounding together the strangest ship Tom has ever seen.  A ship made of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">iron</I>. <BR><BR>Tom becomes assistant to the ship's inventor, a gruff, boastful man named Captain John Ericsson. He soon learns that the Union army has very important plans for this iron ship called the <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Monitor</I>. It is supposed to fight the Confederate "sea monster"--another ironclad--the <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Merrimac</I>. But Ericsson is practically the only person who believes the <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Monitor</I> will float. Everyone else calls it "Ericsson's Folly" or "the iron coffin." </BR><BR><BR>Meanwhile, Tom's position as Ericsson's assistant has made him a target of Confederate spies, who offer him money for information about the ship. Tom finds himself caught between two certain dangers: an encounter with murderous spies and a battle at sea in an iron coffin . </BR></DIV><DIV>  </DIV></DIV><DIV> </DIV> 1889285 18 9 2007 Iron Thunder (I Witness) total:113|5:30|4:48|3:29|2:6|1:0| 113 441 169 37 4 0 false false Mon May 18 21:58:20 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 22:06:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 08 07:12:40 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 07:21:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Sep 10 13:55:56 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 14:20:30 -0700 2009 This story takes place during the Civil War, letting you follow a boy named Tom Carroll. After his father dies, Tom has to get a job,and it turns out he gets the job in a top secret projec...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 22 19:55:49 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 10:03:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 20:36:28 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 05 22:15:15 -0800 2008 once more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jun 29 09:03:49 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 09:07:17 -0700 2008
Considering how much of the book ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 06:27:52 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 06:29:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 18:56:51 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 21:55:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 25 22:56:58 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 07 11:55:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 11:43:35 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 11:50:31 -0700 2009 What a great book. Family in New York during Civil War loses their father, the boy goes to work on the dock to make his family money and a great adventure lands him working on the Monitor - Union's first iron clad ship. The book ends with the famous battle between the Merrimac and th...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 10:09:36 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 09:38:19 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 10:42:47 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 10:47:43 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 07:29:37 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 08:32:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jul 07 16:33:16 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 16:35:52 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 22:29:38 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 22:32:22 -0700 2009 5 1 false false Wed Apr 29 14:07:37 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 14:10:03 -0700 2009 ]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Apr 04 17:15:58 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 17:17:01 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Dec 27 17:40:26 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 17:41:26 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Jan 31 17:26:45 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 17:28:46 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jan 17 07:59:19 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 07:59:53 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1888018