Tommy: The Gun That Changed America by Karen Blumenthal

Tommy: The Gun That Changed America

Karen Blumenthal

240 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction historical history middle grade informative fast-paced

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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 t...

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