Julia Holmes, one of the belles of Washington society, inspires Lieutenant James Hamilton with the double ambition of helping design ironclad ships for Mr. Lincoln’s Navy and winning her heart. An engineering student who has left college to join the war effort, James finds that his dreams become more difficult to fulfill after his regiment fights between the USS Monitor and the CSS Merrimac in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Will James be successful in achieving the dreams he had hoped for himself and Julia?

About: Maureen Stack Sappéy

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