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Tommy: the gun that changed America

✍ Scribed by Blumenthal, Karen


Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Year
2015
Tongue
English
Edition
Advance reader's edition.,First edition
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


Prologue. Locked and loaded -- Conception -- Trench broom -- The annihilator -- Ready ... aim -- Rebellion -- The Chicago piano -- Wild tigers -- Valentines and violins -- Attack and intimidation -- The war on crime -- Cops and robbers -- Public enemies -- Recoil -- Reload -- The end of an era -- Epilogue.

✦ Table of Contents


Prologue. Locked and loaded --
Conception --
Trench broom --
The annihilator --
Ready ... aim --
Rebellion --
The Chicago piano --
Wild tigers --
Valentines and violins --
Attack and intimidation --
The war on crime --
Cops and robbers --
Public enemies --
Recoil --
Reload --
The end of an era --
Epilogue.

✦ Subjects


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