
A History of Weapons
John o'Bryan(Author)
Chronicle Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. June 2013
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-1-4521-1054-7 (ISBN)
Description
One day a prehistoric guy picked up a rock and threw it at something. And the history of weapons began. Comedy writer and weapon nerd John O'Bryan relays the freaky highlights of man's centuries-old obsession with weaponry. He hilariously explains the mace, the morning star, and the man catcher, while conveying factual information about each weapon: its history, uses, and badass potential. Flipping through history's highlights, readers will learn about Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, andthe peaceful" Shaolin monks. This ultimate compendium of awesome weapons delivers all the surprisingly true details sure to impress anybody who's ever made a gun with their fingers and said, "PEW-PEW-PEW!""
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
Dimensions
Height: 204 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4521-1054-7 (9781452110547)
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John o'Bryan
History of Weapons
Crossbows, Caltrops, Catapults & Lots of Other Things that Can Seriously Mess You Up
E-Book
04/2013
Chronicle Books LLC
€3.99
Available for download
Person
John O'Bryan was raised by professional whittlers in the backwoods of Western Tennessee and Northern Mississippi. His father worked as a Baptist minister on weekends and instilled in him many of the Bible's most important lessons on how to smite someone. His mother would read him the Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual when he couldn't sleep. While living in Memphis, he learned to run from the sound of gunfire. He cut his writing teeth typing obituaries for Mississippi's most prestigious newspaper and would later abandon his southern roots to write for Hollywood. There, he would use his wealth of nerd knowledge to his advantage, writing for Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender (not the crappy M. Night Shyamalan movie of the same name) and Disney XD's Motorcity.