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That Anvil of Our Souls by David Poyer

That Anvil of Our Souls

A Novel of the Monitor and the Merrimack

by David Poyer
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  • First Published:
  • Jun 28, 2005, 438 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Jul 2006, 432 pages
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