Tommy Gun

Author : Bill Yenne
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781429964876

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Tommy Gun by Bill Yenne Pdf

The Trench Broom. The Annihilator. The Persuader. The Chopper. The Chicago Typewriter. The Tommy Gun. 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. 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 John T. Thompson invented it for the American military, it first found notoriety thanks to its part in events such at St. Valentine's Day Massacre. But when the United States entered World War II, the gun's true power as an essential, life-saving weapon made it an iconic weapon of the American GI. 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 story of this unique American icon.

Author : Karen Blumenthal
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-30
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781626720855

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Tommy by Karen Blumenthal Pdf

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 the U.S. military. Instead, the Tommy gun became the weapon of choice for a generation of bootleggers and bank-robbing outlaws, and became a deadly American icon. Following a bloody decade—and eighty years before the mass shootings of our own time—Congress moved to take this weapon off the streets, igniting a national debate about gun control. Critically-acclaimed author Karen Blumenthal tells the fascinating story of this famous and deadly weapon—of the lives it changed, the debate it sparked, and the unprecedented response it inspired.

Author : Martin Pegler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849086547

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The Thompson Submachine Gun by Martin Pegler Pdf

The Thompson submachine gun, or Tommy gun developed an almost iconic status during the 20th century. It had an unusual beginning, for it was developed during the dying days of World War I as a 'one-man, hand-held machine gun.' The war ended before these first prototypes could be shipped to Europe but once the M1921 Thompson formally entered production it was used by the criminals working in Chicago and New York during the 1920s. With the police increasingly outgunned they too were forced to equip themselves with the Tommy gun. It quickly came to be used in Hollywood films, and by the end of the 1930s it would have probably faded from view had history not intervened. With the entry of the US into World War II there was an urgent need to equip and arm a force of epic proportions; the Thompson submachine gun began a second career as part of the US Army. It also became the weapon of choice for the small band of British commandos as they conducted a number of daring raids against the heart of occupied Europe.

Author : Tommy Orange
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771073021

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There There by Tommy Orange Pdf

Here is a voice we have never heard--a voice full of poetry and rage, exploding onto the page with stunning urgency and force. Here is a story of several people, each of whom has private reasons for travelling to the Big Oakland Powwow. Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind in shame. Dene Oxendene is pulling his life together after his uncle's death and has come to work at the powwow to honour his uncle's memory. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield has come to watch her nephew Orvil Red Feather, who has taught himself traditional Indian dance through YouTube videos and has come to the powwow to dance in public for the very first time. There will be glorious communion, and a spectacle of sacred tradition and pageantry. And there will be sacrifice, and heroism, and unspeakable loss. Fierce, angry, funny, heartbreaking, There There is a relentlessly paced multi-generational story about violence and recovery, memory and identity, and the beauty and despair woven into the history of a nation and its people. An unforgettable debut.

Author : Daniel Cooney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-14
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 0692854312

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The Tommy Gun Dolls by Daniel Cooney Pdf

Volume One: THE BIG KNOCKOVER A cross-dressing, gin-soaked grifter leads a gang of bawdy burlesque girls to avenge their friend's murder in Prohibition Era San Francisco, knocking off Mob-owned speakeasies for clues in this sordid tale of tragic romance. Signed by the author.

Author : Nathan Gorenstein
Publisher : ForeEdge from University Press of New England
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781611684261

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Tommy Gun Winter by Nathan Gorenstein Pdf

This is the true tale of two brothers, sons of a successful Jewish contractor, who along with an MIT graduate and a minister's daughter once competed for headlines with John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd and Bonnie and Clyde. The gang was led by the angry, violent, yet often charismatic Murton Millen, a small-time hoodlum and aspiring race-car driver. With his younger brother, Irv, and later joined by neighborhood buddy and MIT graduate Abe Faber, Murt launched a career of increasingly ambitious robberies. But it was only after his sudden marriage to the beautiful eighteen-year-old Norma Brighton that the gang escalated to murder. Their crime wave climaxed at a Needham, Massachusetts, bank on February 2, 1934, when Murt cut down two local police officers - Francis Haddock and Forbes McLeod - with a Thompson submachine gun stolen from state police. The killings, the dogged investigation by two clever detectives, and the record-setting trial with seventeen psychiatrists were national news. In Depression-era America this Boston saga of sex, ethnicity, and bloodshed made the trio and their "red-headed gun moll" infamous. Gorenstein's account explores the Millen, Faber, and Brighton families and introduces us to cops, psychiatrists, newspaper men and women, and ordinary citizens caught up in the extraordinary Tommy Gun Winter of 1934.

Author : David S. J. Hodgson
Publisher : Prima Games
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-05
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780761553687

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The Godfather - The Game (Xbox 360/PSP) by David S. J. Hodgson Pdf

* Pull out map poster - this huge poster shows every area in the game plus, on the back, a flowchart of the games chapters and story lines * Full Walkthrough - Tips for completing every objective and mini-mission. The game is big and the route to success is long, Prima helps players every step of the way, including the new missions for Xbox 360 and the PSP game. * Increase Your Power - Full info on increasing your respect and character class. Respect is very important and Prima knows how to get it.

Author : Michael Lichter, Steve Terry, Mike Seate, Simon Green
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1610592026

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Techno-chop by Michael Lichter, Steve Terry, Mike Seate, Simon Green Pdf

Author : Martin Popoff
Publisher : PM Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-31
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781629639482

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The Clash by Martin Popoff Pdf

THE STORIES BEHIND EVERY STUDIO TRACK FROM THE ONLY BAND THAT MATTERS. Established in 1976 at the fore London’s punk rock insurgence, The Clash would outlast their peers while creating some of the most influential albums in rock ’n’ roll history. Author Martin Popoff dissects each of the Clash’s ninety-one studio tracks, examining the circumstances that led to their creation, the recording processes, the historical contexts and more. In addition, introductory essays set the scene for the band’s six studio releases (including the double LP London Calling and the triple Sandinista!) and feature sidebars detailing studios, release dates, personnel, and more. Illustrated with rare performance and offstage photography, along with images of 7-inch singles sleeves and gig posters, the resulting volume is a fitting tribute to the foursome whose staunch political stance and groundbreaking amalgam of punk, rockabilly, reggae, and hip-hop earned the title “The Only Band That Matters.”

Author : Chris Ellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Machine guns
ISBN : NWU:35556036952638

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Thompson Submachine Gun by Chris Ellis Pdf

Author : Dalton Trumbo
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780806537603

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Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo Pdf

The Searing Portrayal Of War That Has Stunned And Galvanized Generations Of Readers An immediate bestseller upon its original publication in 1939, Dalton Trumbo?s stark, profoundly troubling masterpiece about the horrors of World War I brilliantly crystallized the uncompromising brutality of war and became the most influential protest novel of the Vietnam era. Johnny Got His Gun is an undisputed classic of antiwar literature that?s as timely as ever. ?A terrifying book, of an extraordinary emotional intensity.?--The Washington Post "Powerful. . . an eye-opener." --Michael Moore "Mr. Trumbo sets this story down almost without pause or punctuation and with a fury amounting to eloquence."--The New York Times "A book that can never be forgotten by anyone who reads it."--Saturday Review

Author : Roger A. Cox
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081388642

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The Thompson Submachine Gun by Roger A. Cox Pdf

Author : Daniel Waugh
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614231851

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The Gangs of St. Louis by Daniel Waugh Pdf

St. Louis was a city under siege during Prohibition. Seven different criminal gangs violently vied for control of the town's illegal enterprises. Although their names (the Green Ones, the Pillow Gang, the Russo Gang, Egan's Rats, the Hogan Gang, the Cuckoo Gang and the Shelton Gang) are familiar to many, their exploits have remained largely undocumented until now. Learn how an awkward gunshot wound gave the Pillow Gang its name, and read why Willie Russo's bizarre midnight interview with a reporter from the St. Louis Star involved an automatic pistol and a floating hunk of cheese. From daring bank robberies to cold-blooded betrayals, The Gangs of St. Louis chronicles a fierce yet juicy slice of the Gateway City's history that rivaled anything seen in New York or Chicago.

Author : Eric Mylonas
Publisher : Prima Games
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005-10
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780761552062

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City of Villains by Eric Mylonas Pdf

Exclusive City of Villains Artwork • Complete maps for all Zones featuring massive amounts of exclusive info • Strategy for building the ideal Archetypes • Complete power lists with full stats • Strategy covering the all-new Base building elements Includes a Complete Binder System: • Customizable — Color-coded sections for custom organization • Simple — Individual 3-hole-punched pages of clearly organized information make this binder a snap to use • Organized — Keep all of your City of Heroes information in one place for easy reference

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-17
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780744034691

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Firearms: An Illustrated History by DK Pdf

The definitive guide to the history of firearms. The beautifully photographed catalog tells the story of gun development in striking detail and features stunning close-ups of key weapons, from muskets, pistols, revolvers and rifles to shotguns, machine guns and modern machinery. Gun, weapon, and military enthusiasts will love the detail in this illustrated guide to guns. Here’s what’s inside: • Feature pages capture pivotal moments in gun development that changed the nature of human conflict • Double-page-spread articles describe the magic and mystique of the great gunmakers, including Colt, Mauser, Smith, and Wesson • Photographic tours showcase the intricate details of key weapons, highlighting ingenious features and intricate craftsmanship Written by an international team of firearms experts, this fascinating collection features more than 600 weapons and charts the evolution of guns. For over seven centuries, guns have been used for hunting, sport and war. This comprehensive volume gives you access to the world’s greatest collections, gunsmiths, and defining gun and military history moments. Firearms: An Illustrated History highlights important moments in gun history from the Chinese discovery of gunpowder to "turning points" like the rifle, with its parallel spiral grooves that make bullets spin and fly straighter. It also showcases iconic firearms such as the Walther PPK self-loading pistol popularised in James Bond films. This fascinating visual account of firearms is an essential purchase for everyone interested in guns and weaponry.