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Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel—Signed by Julia Keller (New 1st Ed.)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Type
- American History
- Features
- 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
- Original Language
- English
- Subjects
- Biographies & True Stories
- Object Type
- Book
- Original/Reproduction
- Original
- Age Level
- Adults
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults, Adults
- Signed
- Yes
- Signed By
- Julia Keller
- Edition
- First Edition
- Era
- 1860s - 1900s
- ISBN
- 9780670018949
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670018945
ISBN-13
9780670018949
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63866035
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel : The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / 19th Century, Military / Weapons, Inventions, Historical, Science & Technology
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
17.5 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-040438
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"With a rat-a-tat pace and a wicked sense of humor, Julia Keller uses the story of Gatling's famous machine-gun to take us on an exuberant and entertaining tour through American capitalism in the nineteenth-century. This book is a carnival for history buffs - bursting with colorful characters, uncanny connections, and contagious enthusiasm." -Debby Applegate, winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for "The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher" "Julia Keller has not only given us the fascinating story of the Gatling gun and its colorful inventor, but has also placed it into a valid and original context. She takes us into the middle of nineteenth century America as it really was: a westward-looking continent packed with dreams, energy, and ambitious practical ideas, a place where mechanical inventions created a vision of limitless power that shaped much of the nation's philosophy and destiny. This is the story of the artifact as changing history, the early machine gun as bringing about as great a transformation as the simple stirrup did in its era. If you haven't heard of Julia Keller, you'll hear of her now." -Charles Bracelen Flood, author of "Grant and Sherman: The Friendship that Won the Civil War" and past president of PEN American Center.
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
623.4/424 B
Grade To
UP
Synopsis
Pulitzer Prize-winner Keller offers a riveting account of the Gatling gun's invention, its misunderstood creator, and its tremendous impact on American and world events. 8-page b&w photo insert., A Pulitzer Prize winner explores the role of the first machine gun in transforming America into a superpower Although it was little used during the American Civil Warathe time in which it was inventedathe Gatling gun soon changed the nature of warfare and the course of world history. Discharging two hundred shots per minute with alarming accuracy, the worldas first machine gun became vitally important to protecting and expanding Americaas overseas interests. Its inventor, Richard Gatling, was famous in his own time for creating and improving many industrial designs, from bicycles and steamship propellers to flush toilets. A man of great business and scientific acumen, Gatling actually proposed his gun as a way of saving lives, thinking it would decrease the size of armies and, therefore, make it easier to supply soldiers and reduce malnutrition deaths. The scientists who unleashed Americaas atomic arsenal less than a century later would see it much the same way. In "Mr. Gatlingas Terrible Marvel," Julia Keller offers a riveting account of the Gatling gunas invention, its misunderstood creator, and its tremendous impact on American and world events. She also shows how the gun, in its combination of ingenuity, idealism, and destructive power, perfectly exemplified the paradox of Americaas rise as a world superpower., Documents the machine gun's role as a key weapon in protecting America's interests overseas, in an account that also profiles the contributions of its inventor, who developed the machine gun in the hopes of reducing military headcount and casualties.
LC Classification Number
UF620.G3K45 2008
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