{"product_id":"tommy-paperback","title":"Tommy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaren Blumenthal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe fascinating and topical nonfiction story of how one gun changed American courtrooms, streets, and homes, told for a YA audience by award-winning author Karen Blumenthal\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCritically-acclaimed author Karen Blumenthal, author of \u003ci\u003eBootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition, Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSix Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929\u003c\/i\u003e, reveals the fascinating illustrated story of this famous and deadly weapon--of the lives it changed, the debate it sparked, and the unprecedented response it inspired in \u003ci\u003eTommy: The Gun That Changed America\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Tommy: The Gun that Changed America: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Thompson rapid-firing submachine gun is the crux of Blumenthal's accessible social history, which encompasses military weaponry, gangster warfare, and gun-control legislation. . . . Engrossing and grisly.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Blumenthal's fascinating biography of the weapon is most dramatic in its chapters on the famous gangsters. . . . Lively prose, well-selected photographs, and thorough source notes round out this fine work. A gripping look at guns, gangsters, and finding the 'right balance between individual freedoms and community safety.'\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Blumenthal\u003c\/b\u003e (1959-2020) was a financial journalist and editor whose career included five years with \u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e and twenty-five with \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e--where her work helped earn the paper a Pulitzer Prize for its breaking news coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks--before becoming an award-winning children's non-fiction book writer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree of her books, \u003ci\u003eHillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSteve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition\u003c\/i\u003e, were finalists for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKaren was also the author of \u003ci\u003eSix Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929\u003c\/i\u003e (named a Sibert Honor Book), \u003ci\u003eLet Me Play: The Story of Title IX\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Jane Addams Children's Book Award), \u003ci\u003eTommy: The Gun That Changed America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJane Against the World: Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tommy: The Gun That Changed America\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle Grades, 4-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42690424242239,"sku":"9781250115409","price":21.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f6de1150808e5f6dfcbc559c6aa8cf2e.webp?v=1764988916","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/tommy-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}