Tommy : the gun that changed America /
John Taliaferro Thompson had a mission: to develop a lightweight, fast-firing weapon that would help Americans win on the battlefield. His Thompson submachine gun could deliver a hundred bullets in a matter of seconds, but didn't find a market in the U.S. military. Instead, the Tommy gun became...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Roaring Brook Press,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | John Taliaferro Thompson had a mission: to develop a lightweight, fast-firing weapon that would help Americans win on the battlefield. His Thompson submachine gun could deliver a hundred bullets in a matter of seconds, but didn't find a market in the U.S. military. Instead, the Tommy gun became the weapon of choice for a generation of bootleggers and bank-robbing outlaws, and became a deadly American icon. Blumenthal tells the history of this famous and deadly weapon. |
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| Physical Description: | 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-199) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781626720848 (hardcover) 1626720843 (hardcover) |