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Tommy: The Gun That Changed America
By Karen Blumenthal
Edition
By Karen Blumenthal
Hardcover edition
Publisher Macmillan Imprint Roaring Brook ISBN9781626720848
Awards and Honors <i>Booklist</i> Best Young Adult Books of 2015<br> <i>Booklist</i> Editor’s Choice 2015, Nonfiction, Older Readers<br> New York Public Library Best Books for Teens 2015<br> <i>Bulletin</i> Blue Ribbon 2015, Nonfiction<br> Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2015, Informational Books for Older Readers<br> 2016 CCBC Choices–Historical People, Places, and Events<br> 2015 Cybils Awards Nomination, Young Adult NonfictionTommy: The Gun That Changed America
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How did the Tommy gun, advertised as “On the Side of Law and Order,” become the weapon of choice for terrorists, gangsters, and bank robbers during the 1920s and ’30s? Bibliography. Source notes. Index. Black-and-white photographs, documents, and maps.
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