Bibliograph

Tommy, the gun that changed America, Karen Blumenthal

Type

Label

Tommy, the gun that changed America, Karen Blumenthal

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-199) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

12-19, Brodart

resource.interestGradeLevel

7-12, Brodart

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tommy

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

900558526

Responsibility statement

Karen Blumenthal

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG, 8.3, 6, 175610.Reading Counts, 6-8, 11, 10, 67151.

Sub title

the gun that changed America

Summary

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 seconds, 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. Blumenthal tells the history of this famous and deadly weapon

Table Of Contents

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

Target audience

juvenile

Classification