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Radio 3,24 Jan 2017,15 mins

SeriesGun Culture

Gotham's Gun Baron

The Essay

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Historian Brian DeLay, of UC Berkeley, reveals the arms and the man that was Marcellus Hartley, the most dangerous man you've never heard of - the first great American gun baron, who rose to prominence and utter respectability during America's Civil War - a man who amassed guns, ammunition and power to start several small wars and help determine the fate of nations. Producer: Mark Burman.

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