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Crime: General,Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism,Illustrations/Images: Blood/Gore,Violence: Cruelty to Animals,Violence: Mild Violence,Violence: Strong Violence
Tommy: The Gun That Changed America
By Karen Blumenthal
Edition
Booklist Editor’s Choice 2015, Nonfiction, Older Readers
New York Public Library Best Books for Teens 2015
Bulletin Blue Ribbon 2015, Nonfiction
Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2015, Informational Books for Older Readers
2016 CCBC Choices–Historical People, Places, and Events
2015 Cybils Awards Nomination, Young Adult Nonfiction
By Karen Blumenthal
Hardcover edition
Publisher Macmillan Imprint Roaring Brook ISBN9781626720848
Awards and Honors Booklist Best Young Adult Books of 2015Booklist Editor’s Choice 2015, Nonfiction, Older Readers
New York Public Library Best Books for Teens 2015
Bulletin Blue Ribbon 2015, Nonfiction
Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2015, Informational Books for Older Readers
2016 CCBC Choices–Historical People, Places, and Events
2015 Cybils Awards Nomination, Young Adult Nonfiction
Tommy: 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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