Gun Barons
The Weapons That Changed America, and the Men Who Invented Them
In this riveting work of narrative history, veteran reporter John Bainbridge vividly brings to life five charismatic and idiosyncratic men who, living within ninety miles of one another, changed the course of history through the invention and refinement of the repeating firearm - the precursor to today's automatic weapon.These men are now household names: the huckster and hard-living Samuel Colt; the seemingly dull but cunning former shirt-maker Oliver Winchester; the constant tinkerer Horace Smith; the resilient and innovative businessman Daniel Wesson; and the skinny abolitionist Christopher Spencer. We follow these men as they compete fero…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78590-642-8
- EAN: 9781785906428
- Produktnummer: 34730947
- Verlag: Biteback Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 368 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
Über den Autor
John Bainbridge is an attorney, freelance writer and former newspaper reporter and editor. With bestselling novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Stephen Hunter, he co-authored American Gunfight: The Plot to Kill President Truman - and the Shoot-out That Stopped It.
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