Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel : The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It
by Keller, Julia
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- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0143115642
- ISBN 13
- 9780143115649
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Synopsis
A provocative look at the life and times of the man who created the original weapon of mass destruction Drawing on her investigative and literary talents, Julia Keller offers a riveting account of the invention of the world's first working machine gun. Through her portrait of its misunderstood creator, Richard Jordan Gatling-who naively hoped that the overwhelming effectiveness of a multiple-firing weapon would save lives by decreasing the size of armies and reducing the number of soldiers needed to fight-Keller draws profound parallels to the scientists who would unleash America's atomic arsenal half a century later. The Gatling gun, in its combination of ingenuity, idealism, and destructive power, perfectly exemplifies the paradox of America's rise in the nineteenth century to a world superpower.
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- Bookseller
- Better World Books (US)
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- 6101243-6
- Title
- Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel : The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It
- Author
- Keller, Julia
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0143115642
- ISBN 13
- 9780143115649
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2009-05
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