Roanoke Raiders and Powder Boy of the Monitor

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Spur Award and Owen Wister Award winner Gordon D. Shirreffs spins tales of the old west that are exhilarating and bigger than life. In this double volume Shirreffs turns his authority toward thrilling Civil War-era naval stories both of which will take you on an incredible journey through a time before modern naval warfare.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Roanoke Raiders</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> the subject is Admiral William Cushing renowned for his skill as a naval officer. Fourteen-year-old David Scott tells the tales as a young Cushing rises through the ranks making his mark and building a legacy many still reference today.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Powder Boy of the Monitor</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Dick Morgan is responsible for ensuring the </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>USS</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Monitor</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>'s armaments are supplied with dry powder and cartridges to sustain</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>-and win-every battle they undertake.  His adventures aboard the country's first 'ironclad' warship are the stuff of legend. When the </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Monitor</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> encounters the second 'ironclad' the </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Merrimack</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> naval warfare is changed forever as the age of wooden vessels is forgotten in favor of more durable iron vessels. </span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Excitement is high; action is authentically drawn as are the characters...</em> </strong><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>- Kirkus Reviews</strong></p>