{"product_id":"mr-gatlings-terrible-marvel-the-gun-that-changed-everything-and-the-misunderstood-genius-who-invented-it-0143115642","title":"Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel: The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0143115642\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Keller, Julia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA provocative look at the life and times of the man who created the original weapon of mass destructionDrawing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51666174312736,"sku":"NEW0143115642","price":18.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71tOSRLHb8L.jpg?v=1778922890","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/mr-gatlings-terrible-marvel-the-gun-that-changed-everything-and-the-misunderstood-genius-who-invented-it-0143115642","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}