Description: Brooke's papers trace his conception of the plan to create the first Confederate ironclad warship and offer insight into other innovations, revealing a massive amount of factual information about the Confederacy's production of munitions.
Review Quotes:
Superbly edited by Brooke's grandson, a professor emeritus at Virginia Military Institute, this book will quickly take a qualified place among the outstanding works on the South's 'war at sea.'
-- "The Roanoke Times"