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Anna Gibson Holloway is the former curator of the award-winning USS Monitor Center at The Mariners' Museum in Newport News, VA, where she was also Vice President of Collections and Programs. In her long career as a public historian, she has been a pirate, a square-rig sailor, a hurdy-gurdy player, a puppeteer, an understudy fire-eater, college professor, and also served as the maritime historian for the National Park Service in Washington, DC. She holds a PhD and MA in history from the College of William & Mary, and undergraduate degrees from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her current research focuses on the Battle of Hampton Roads in popular culture, the Oyster Wars of the lower Chesapeake Bay, and the marine salvage firm ...more

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	Our Little Monitor: The Greatest Invention of the Civil War by Anna Gibson Holloway (Goodreads Author), Jonathan W. White 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Final Resting Places: Reflections on the Meaning of Civil War Graves by Brian Matthew Jordan (Editor), Jonathan W. White (Editor), David W. Blight (Foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buying and Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America by James Marten (Contributor), Caroline E. Janney (Editor), Amanda Brickell Bellows (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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