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Author:

Blumenthal, Karen, author.

Title:

Tommy : the gun that changed America / Karen Blumenthal.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Roaring Brook Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

232 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Thompson submachine gun--History--Juvenile literature.
Outlaws--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Gangsters--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue. Locked and loaded -- Conception -- Trench broom -- The annihilator -- Ready, aim -- Rebellion -- The Chicago piano -- Wild tigers -- Valentines and violins -- Attack and intimidation -- The war on crime -- Cops and robbers -- Public enemies -- Recoil -- Reload -- The end of an era -- Epilogue.

ISBN:

1626720843
9781626720848

LCCN:

2014040642

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