Mr. Gatling's terrible marvel : the gun that changed everything and the misunderstood genius who invented it / Julia Keller
2008, First Edition. New York ; London : Penguin Books. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Spine of wrapper sun-toned. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #473347
ISBN: 9780670018949
Physical description; 294 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-283) and index. Contents; Introduction -- Cold beauty -- A world of mornings -- Land of the second chance -- "Drunkards, dandies & loafers" -- The spaces between the bullets -- "A little Gatling music" -- "The world's great storm" -- Warriors and sages. Subjects; Gatling, Richard Jordan 1818-1903. Gatling, James Henry 1816-1879. Gatling guns. Inventors United States ; Biography.
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