{"product_id":"mr-gatlings-terrible-marvel-the-gun-that-changed-everything-and-the-misunderstood-genius-who-invented-it-9780143115649","title":"Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel: The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It","description":"\u003cb\u003eA provocative look at the life and times of the man who created the original weapon of mass destruction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on her investigative and literary talents, Julia Keller offers a riveting account of the invention of the world's first working machine gun. Through her portrait of its misunderstood creator, Richard Jordan Gatling-who naively hoped that the overwhelming effectiveness of a multiple-firing weapon would save lives by decreasing the size of armies and reducing the number of soldiers needed to fight-Keller draws profound parallels to the scientists who would unleash America's atomic arsenal half a century later. The Gatling gun, in its combination of ingenuity, idealism, and destructive power, perfectly exemplifies the paradox of America's rise in the nineteenth century to a world superpower.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143115649\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.44w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/02\/2009 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Julia Keller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44775945404597,"sku":"9780143115649","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c615a048-9a1f-44f1-9903-190dce93f283.jpg?v=1730821469","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mr-gatlings-terrible-marvel-the-gun-that-changed-everything-and-the-misunderstood-genius-who-invented-it-9780143115649","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}