| Title | : | Tommy |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Karen Blumenthal |
| Release | : | 2015-06-30 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | History for Young Adults, Books, Young Adult, Politics & Government for Young Adults |
| Size | : | 16366677 |
| 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. Following a bloody decade—and eighty years before the mass shootings of our own time—Congress moved to take this weapon off the streets, igniting a national debate about gun control. Critically-acclaimed author Karen Blumenthal tells the fascinating story of this famous and deadly weapon—of the lives it changed, the debate it sparked, and the unprecedented response it inspired. |
