Iron Coffin: War, Technology, and Experience aboard the USS  <I>Monitor</I> (Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology)
Mindell takes us back in time so we become 'witnesses' to the events surrounding the Union Navy's most famous ironclad.(Pirates and Privateers)The excellence of this volume confirms its continuing usefulness...Iron Coffinis a veritable gem of a book.(John F.M. McDermottIEEE Technology and Society Magazine)Mindell’s research is impeccable and supports his argument with considerable authority from contemporary sources as well as his own experiences after the partial recovery of theMonitor’s components. The book, as with its earlier incarnation, is an important bridge between operational military history and the human side to science and technology.(Gregory SternH-War, H-Net Reviews)Midell conveys life aboard the Monitor with realism and honesty.(Robert C. StewartIndustrial Archaeology)