Tommy GunTommy Gun
How General Thompson's Submachine Gun Wrote History
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Book, 2009
Current format, Book, 2009, 1st ed., Available .Book, 2009
Current format, Book, 2009, 1st ed., Available . Offered in 0 more formatsThe Trench Broom. The Annihilator. The Persuader. The Chopper. The Chicago Typewriter. The Tommy Gun. nbsp; The Thompson submachine gun has gone by many names, and for nearly a century the gun's image has been indelibly marked on the popular consciousness. In this broad-reaching cultural and military history, Bill Yenne charts the tommy gun's unpredictable and one-of-a-kind career, from its infamy in the hands of Al Capone and the Chicago mobsters, to its shady days with the IRA, to its indelible place in the arsenal of World War II, and its truly immortal and ongoing role in Hollywood. nbsp; The tommy gun is without a doubt the most famous, and the most infamous, American firearm of the twentieth century. Since its birth in the aftermath of World War I, the tommy gun has enjoyed a varied career on both sides of the law. Though General Johnnbsp;T. Thompson invented it for the American military, it first found notoriety thanks to itsnbsp;part in eventsnbsp;such at St. Valentine's Day Massacre. But when the United States entered World War II,nbsp;the gun's true power as an essential, life-saving weapon made itnbsp;an iconic weapon of thenbsp;American GI. nbsp; Full of incredible stories from the battlefields of Europe and the Pacific, America's gangland, and Hollywood studio back lots, Bill Yenne's Tommy Gun is the definitive storynbsp;of this unique American icon.
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