Huh?!? Somebody help me out here...
While ironclad ships had been around since the Civil War, does anyone know if an ironclad stagecoach or repeating firearms existed in the the late 1800's? I thought the first repeating firearms came in during WWI (1914 - 1918.) Jack London's story takes place during the Yukon Gold Rush (which was in 1898) and I'm assuming that the story takes place around that time (give or take a year or 2.)
Still an enjoyable story, but I'm having trouble getting beyond what seems to be a strange anachronism.
Anyone?
While ironclad ships had been around since the Civil War, does anyone know if an ironclad stagecoach or repeating firearms existed in the the late 1800's? I thought the first repeating firearms came in during WWI (1914 - 1918.) Jack London's story takes place during the Yukon Gold Rush (which was in 1898) and I'm assuming that the story takes place around that time (give or take a year or 2.)
Still an enjoyable story, but I'm having trouble getting beyond what seems to be a strange anachronism.
Anyone?