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Mr. Gatling's terrible marvel: The gun that changed everything and the misunderstood genius who invented it
by Julia Keller
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670018945
- ISBN 13
- 9780670018949
- Seller
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About This Item
Viking, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 294 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage, other than spine which is faded by sun exposure. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 0670018945. ISBN/EAN: 9780670018949. Dewey Code: 623.4/424 B 22. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: RB15279. . 9780670018949
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
- Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RB15279
- Title
- Mr. Gatling's terrible marvel: The gun that changed everything and the misunderstood genius who invented it
- Author
- Julia Keller
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670018945
- ISBN 13
- 9780670018949
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- BZDB1 Gatling, Richard Jordan, 1818-1903, Gatling guns, Inventors United States Biography, Gatling, James Henry, 1816-1879 Biography & Autobiography; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 0670018945 EAN: 9780670018949 Julia Keller Mr. Gatling's terrible
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