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Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel: The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It
by Keller, Julia
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- ISBN 10
- 1400106443
- ISBN 13
- 9781400106448
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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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- Title
- Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel: The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It
- Author
- Keller, Julia
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 1400106443
- ISBN 13
- 9781400106448
- Publisher
- Tantor Audio
- Place of Publication
- UNITED STATES
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- NEW AUDIO CD
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