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Author Brophy, Ann.

Title John Ericsson : the inventions of war / by Ann Brophy ; with introduction by Henry Steele Commager.

Imprint Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Silver Burdett Press, c1991.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PCMS Biography  B ERICSSON    ---  Available
Description 126 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Series History of the Civil War
Bibliography Includes bibliography and index.
Summary Traces the life of the Swedish-American engineer and inventor who introduced the successful use of screw propellers on commercial and naval vessels, and designed and built the famous Civil War ship, the Monitor.
Subject Ericsson, John, 1803-1889.
Inventors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998
ISBN 0382099435 (lib. bdg.)

 
    
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