Mr. Lincoln's High-tech War: How the North Used the Telegraph, Railroads, Surveillance Balloons, Ironclads, High-powered Weapons, and More to Win...
- ISBN-10
- 1426303793
- ISBN-13
- 9781426303791
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- National Geographic Books
- Authors
- Thomas B. Allen, Roger MacBride Allen
Description
An authoritative narrative reveals President Lincoln as the nation's first hands-on Commander-in-Chief, whose appreciation for the power of technology played a critical role in the North's Civil War victory over the less developed South.
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