Critical Praise for Gene Smith On Until the Last Trumpet Sounds ""The best recent compact study of the commander of the American Expeditionary Force of World War I."" Booklist ""A six-star effort . . . captures Pershing better than anyone has before."" The Grand Rapids Press On The Shattered Dream ""A storyteller of history, Gene Smith is one of the very best in his field."" The Washington Post On When the Cheering Stopped ""A brilliantly written and dramatically effective work of history . . . Smith is a prodigious researcher, an artful writer."" The New York Times...
Critical Praise for Gene Smith On Until the Last Trumpet Sounds ""The best recent compact study of the commander of the American Expeditionary For...
March 1862. The Union ironclad warship, Monitor, with its two eleven inch Dahlgren smoothbores in a unique revolving turret assembly, leaves New York City under tow to serve blockade duty off the coast of North Carolina. Meanwhile, the Confederate ironclad Virginia (formerly the wooden frigate Merrimac) is raising havoc with Union blockaders in Hampton Roads. The inevitable showdown takes place on March 9th. For more than four hours the two ironclads battle furiously at close range. The Merrimac finally withdraws and returns to Norfolk to protect the river approaches to Richmond, leaving the...
March 1862. The Union ironclad warship, Monitor, with its two eleven inch Dahlgren smoothbores in a unique revolving turret assembly, leaves New York ...
