Olav Thulesius was professor at Indiana University, University of Trondheim, and Kuwait University. The author of Harriet Beecher Stowe in Florida, 1867 to 1884 (2001), he divides his time between the United States and Sweden.

“wonderful period drawings of Ericsson’s inventions”—Civil War News.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      1. Miner and Canal Boy      2. Soldier and Inventor John      3. To England      4. Locomotion      5. John Bull      6. Propulsion      7. The New World      8. The Princeton Disaster      9. The Age of Caloric      10. Naval Blockade      11. The New Merrimack      12. Lincoln’s Raft      13. The Monitor      14. The Right Track      15. Happy Experience      16. The Monitor Boys      17. Tragic End      18. Monitor Craze      19. The Destroyer      20. Solar Energy      21. Centennial Exhibition      22. Alfred Nobel      23. Manhattan      24. The Man      25. Family and Friends      26. Home Again      27. Ericsson Remembered      28. Lost and Found      Chronology      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

Olav Thulesius was professor at Indiana University, University of Trondheim, and Kuwait University. The author of Harriet Beecher Stowe in Florida, 1867 to 1884 (2001), he divides his time between the United States and Sweden.

“wonderful period drawings of Ericsson’s inventions”—Civil War News.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      1. Miner and Canal Boy      2. Soldier and Inventor John      3. To England      4. Locomotion      5. John Bull      6. Propulsion      7. The New World      8. The Princeton Disaster      9. The Age of Caloric      10. Naval Blockade      11. The New Merrimack      12. Lincoln’s Raft      13. The Monitor      14. The Right Track      15. Happy Experience      16. The Monitor Boys      17. Tragic End      18. Monitor Craze      19. The Destroyer      20. Solar Energy      21. Centennial Exhibition      22. Alfred Nobel      23. Manhattan      24. The Man      25. Family and Friends      26. Home Again      27. Ericsson Remembered      28. Lost and Found      Chronology      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index