Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive That Changed the World - Paperback

by Jack Kelly (Author)

"When Chinese alchemists fashioned the first manmade explosion sometime during the tenth century, no one could have foreseen its full revolutionary potential. Invented to frighten evil spirits rather t"

Author Biography

Jack Kelly is both an accomplished novelist and an experienced author of popular history. He writes regularly for American Heritage, and has also written features about the DuPont family's involvement in the gunpowder industry and the history of fireworks in America. He lives in Milan, New York.