Goodbye to GunpowderOur title might be misleading. Gunpowder has been in existence for a thousand years, and a complete history of it would call for a much longer book than this. What is attempted here is a recital of the story of the original black gunpowder, a simple substance that changed the face of the earth, and especially as that story pertains to the United States. - Foreword. |
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| Title | Goodbye to Gunpowder |
| Author | Donald Barr Chidsey |
| Publisher | Crown Publishers, 1963 |
| ISBN | 9070039842, 9789070039844 |
| Length | 224 pages |
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