Powder Monkey

By Carole R. Campbell

In the second year of the Civil War, Tad Lynch becomes trapped below deck on a Confederate warship and is pressed into service during a two day battle between the Merrimack and three Union ships. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572491701
• ISBN13: 9781572491700
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: White Mane Publishing Company
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 3 years and up
• Grade Range: Preschool and higher

Customer Reviews

A Fascinating Book for Young Readers

The Powder Monkey is a fascinating book for young readers. The author has combined history with fiction in such a way as to create a magical window for today's youngsters into that era and place that still leaves its mark upon our nation today. A significant portion of The Powder Monkey is the true account of the two-day battle between the Confederate ironclad Virginia and several Union warships, including the famed USS Monitor. Ms. Campbell has skillfully woven into this history the tale of a young boy, Tad Lynch, who, having been inaddvertly left on board, becomes a powder boy and a helper with many of the chores on the Southern ship. Scorned at first by some of the crew, Tad wins their affection and admiration by the way he performs his duties and attends to them when they are injured. Every young boy should read this book. Not only is it interesting and fun, but the underlying example of courage and devotion to what is right is something badly needed among many of our young people of today. I highly recommend The Powder Monkey.