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NEWSLETTERS

2007
No. 1 Summer
No. 2 Winter

Newsletters in .PDF format:

Newsletter, Winter 2003, .PDF

John Ericsson, Bibliography, selected:

Books:
 

The Man Who Made the Monitor A Biography of John Ericsson, Naval Engineer Olav Thulesius ISBN 0-7864-2766-3 North Carolina: McFarland illustrations, chronology, notes, bibliography, index [248]pp. softcover 2007 Available Fall/Winter 2006-2007 Olav Thulesius is a member of John Ericsson Society, New York   The Battle of Hampton Roads New Perspectives on the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia Edited by Harold Holzer, Edited by Tim Mulligan ISBN: 0823224805 New York: Fordham University Press, Copublished with The Mariners’ Museum Book (hardcover) 300 pages illustrated November 2005 Captain John Ericsson in New York Erik Eliasson The book presents a short summary of the life of John Ericsson including his three residencies in lower Manhattan. It includes detailed reports of memorial events after his death. New York: John Ericsson Society, New York Book (softcover) 104 pages illustrated 1988   Björn Hallerdt: Propellerns pionjär och Monitors mästare (in Swedish) This memorial book describes John Ericsson's significant inventions.   Margareta Jönsson Runvik: John Ericsson - Resa mot solen (in Swedish) To most people, John Ericsson is primarily known for his inventions the locomotive "Novelty", the propeller, and the Battleship "Monitor". This book helps expand your knowledge about his life beyond the inventions.   David Poyer: That Anvil of our Souls In this third volume of David Poyer’s monumental “Civil War at Sea” cycle, North meets South in the momentous battle between Monitor and Merrimack, or Virginia. http://www.esva.net/%7Edavidpoyer/index.htm   Avi: Iron Thunder Tom is only 13, but after his father is killed while fighting for the Union, he must take on the responsibility of someone much older.  He signs up for work at the Brooklyn Navy yard where men are busy building battleships for the Civil War.  But instead, Tom is sent to a bustling warehouse in another part of the city. There, amidst the roar of furnaces and clanging iron, 100? men are frantically pounding together the strangest ship Tom has ever seen.   Meet Avi at Mariners' Museum

John Ericsson Society, New York celebrates the
beginning of its Second Century, 2008