The guns of the south

a novel of the Civil War

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Harry Turtledove: The guns of the south (1993, Del Rey)

561 pages

English language

Published Feb. 21, 1993 by Del Rey.

ISBN:
978-0-09-941691-3
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OCLC Number:
59815572

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January 1864--General Robert E. Lee faces defeat. The Army of Northern Virginia is ragged and ill-equpped. Gettysburg has broken the back of the Confederacy and decimated its manpower. Then, Andries Rhoodie, a strange man with an unplaceable accent, approaches Lee with an extraordinary offer. Rhoodie demonstrates an amazing rifle: Its rate of fire is incredible, its lethal efficiency breathtaking--and Rhoodie guarantees unlimited quantitites to the Confederates.

The name of the weapon is the AK-47....

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