An edition of The Guns of the South (1992)
The Guns of the South
By Harry Turtledove
3.20 (5 Ratings)
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65 Want to read3 Currently reading8 Have read
Publish Date
September 1, 1993
Publisher
Del Rey
Language
eng
Pages
561
Description:
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....