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Title The gun / C.J. Chivers.

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New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster, 2010.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction	623.4424 Chi	---	Available

Edition	1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Description	481 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	pt. 1. Origins -- The birth of machine guns -- Machine guns in action -- Hiram Maxim changes war -- pt. 2. Invention and distribution -- Stalin's contest : the creation of the AK-47 -- The breakout : mass-production, distribution, and early use of the AK-47 -- pt. 3. Aftermath -- The accidental rifle -- Everyman's gun -- Epilogue -- Appendices.
Source	NBK 11/10 PPL
Subject	AK-47 rifle -- History.
	War -- History.
	Machine guns -- Technological innovations -- History.
	Firearms -- Technological innovations -- History.
ISBN	9780743270762
	0743270762