Tommy (The Gun That Changed America) - 9781250115409

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The fascinating and topical nonfiction story of how one gun changed American courtrooms, streets, and homes, told for a YA audience by award-winning author Karen Blumenthal

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 secondsā€”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. Following a bloody decadeā€”and eighty years before the mass shootings of our own timeā€”Congress moved to take this weapon off the streets, igniting a national debate about gun control.

Critically-acclaimed author Karen Blumenthal, author of Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition, Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History, and Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929, reveals the fascinating illustrated story of this famous and deadly weaponā€”of the lives it changed, the debate it sparked, and the unprecedented response it inspired in Tommy: The Gun That Changed America.

Praise for Tommy: The Gun that Changed America:
ā€œThe Thompson rapid-firing submachine gun is the crux of Blumenthalā€™s accessible social history, which encompasses military weaponry, gangster warfare, and gun-control legislation. . . . Engrossing and grisly.ā€ ā€”Publishers Weekly, starred review

ā€œBlumenthalā€™s fascinating biography of the weapon is most dramatic in its chapters on the famous gangsters. . . . Lively prose, well-selected photographs, and thorough source notes round out this fine work. A gripping look at guns, gangsters, and finding the ā€˜right balance between individual freedoms and community safety.'ā€ ā€”Kirkus Reviews, starred review

This book title, Tommy (The Gun That Changed America) - 9781250115409, ISBN: 9781250115409, by Karen Blumenthal, published by Square Fish (August 1, 2017) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.

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Author:
Karen Blumenthal
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
240
Publisher:
Square Fish (August 1, 2017)
Language:
English
ISBN-13:
9781250115409
ISBN-10:
125011540X
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30
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Macmillan Trade
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Weight:
12.64oz
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Publisher Identifier:
P-STM
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A
Audience:
Young adult
Dimensions:
6" x 9" x 0.54"
Age Range:
12 to 18

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