{"product_id":"9781423105183","title":"Iron Thunder: The Battle Between the Monitor and the Merrimac","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen 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 \u003ci\u003eiron\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom 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 \u003ci\u003eMonitor\u003c\/i\u003e. It is supposed to fight the Confederate \"sea monster\"—another ironclad—the \u003ci\u003eMerrimac\u003c\/i\u003e. But Ericsson is practically the only person who believes the \u003ci\u003eMonitor\u003c\/i\u003e will float. Everyone else calls it \"Ericsson's Folly\" or \"the iron coffin.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Disney-Hyperion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47036051325168,"sku":"9781423105183","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781423105183_p0.jpg?v=1763740320","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781423105183","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}