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Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel: The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It
Mr Gatling's Terrible Marvel The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It
Author: Julia Keller
A Pulitzer Prize winner explores the role of the first machine gun in transforming America into a superpower — Although it was little used during the American Civil War?the time in which it was invented?the Gatling gun soon changed the nature of warfare and the course of world history. Discharging two hundred shots per minute with alarming...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780670018949
ISBN-10: 0670018945
Publication Date: 5/29/2008
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Viking Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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