Captain John Ericsson (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Constance Buel Burnett
- First Published: 1960
- Time of Work: 1803–1889
- Setting: Sweden, London, and New York
- Principal Characters: John Ericsson, Olof Ericsson, Sophie Ericsson, Count von Platen, Duke of Södermanland, John Braithwaite, Amelia Byam, Robert Stockton, Cornelius Henry Delameter
- Genres: Nonfiction, Children’s literature, Biography
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Civil War, Ships, Biography, Inventions or inventors, Shipbuilding, Engineering, Maps
- Locales: New York, London, England, Sweden
Form and Content
In Captain John Ericsson: Father of the “Monitor,” Constance Buel Burnett blends biography and history, documenting both the career of Ericsson and the change from wooden to ironclad vessels of war, initiated by his Monitor. The book begins by describing Ericsson’s childhood as the son of a mining engineer in Sweden and moves chronologically, in nineteen chapters and an epilogue, through his youth, his years in the Swedish army, his work with steam engines and screw propellers in London, and his move to the United States in 1839. Although...
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