Iron Dawn

Richard Snow's *Iron Dawn* delivers "an utterly absorbing account of one of history’s most momentous battles" (Forbes): the 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads. This pivotal encounter between the Union's revolutionary ironclad *Monitor* and the Confederate *Merrimack* not only reshaped the Civil War but irrevocably changed naval warfare worldwide, ending a thousand-year era of wooden ships. Acclaimed historian Snow, praised for his "verve and a keen eye" (The New York Times Book Review), vividly details the science, war, and clashing personalities behind this "lively tale" (The Wall Street Journal). Illustrated with photos, maps, and engravings, *Iron Dawn* "renders all previous accounts...as obsolete as wooden war ships" (The Dallas Morning News).

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