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9781557504135
Iron from the Deep The Discovery and Recovery of the Uss Monitor
by Sheridan, Robert E.
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- Comments: Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. <br> "Before it was sunk off Cape Hatteras during the Civil War, the Yankee ironclad ship the USS Monitor revolutionized naval design. Written by a member of the team that discovered the wreck in 1973, this text describes the efforts of the recovery team to save her artifacts. Marine geologist Sheridan also explores the history of the ship, including her construction, her successful battle with the Merrimac in 1862,
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- ISBN-13: 9781557504135
- ISBN: 155750413X
- Publisher: Naval Institute Press
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Robert E. Sheridan is a marine geophysicist and a marine geologist who studied the North American Atlantic continental margin for forty years. A descendant of a Union army veteran, his work on the discovery and recovery of the USS Monitor allowed him to combine his vocation with his avocation as a Civil War history enthusiast. Sheridan has a bachelor's degree in geology from Rutgers University and master's and Ph.D. degrees in marine geophysics from Columbia University. He was an associate professor at the University of Delaware in 1973, when he was part of the team that discovered the Monitor wreck off Cape Hatteras. Sheridan moved to Rutgers University as a full professor in 1986 and retired in 2003. He lives with his wife Karen in New JerseySheridan, Robert E. is the author of 'Iron from the Deep The Discovery and Recovery of the Uss Monitor' with ISBN 9781557504135 and ISBN 155750413X.
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