Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel - The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Penguin USA
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2009
First published:	May 2009
Authors:	Julia Keller
Dimensions:	213 x 140 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-311564-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Science, technology & engineering Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering
LSN:	0-14-311564-2
Barcode:	9780143115649

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