The Rifle in America

The Rifle in America
Author: Philip Burdette Sharpe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 641
Release: 1987-12-01
Genre: Rifles
ISBN: 9780935632491

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American Rifle

American Rifle
Author: Alexander Rose
Publisher: Delta
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2009-09-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 0553384384

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George Washington insisted that his portrait be painted with one. Daniel Boone created a legend with one. Abraham Lincoln shot them on the White House lawn. And Teddy Roosevelt had his specially customized. In this first-of-its-kind book, historian Alexander Rose delivers a colorful, engrossing biography of an American icon: the rifle. Drawing on the words of foot soldiers, inventors, and presidents, based on extensive new research, and spanning from the Revolution to the present day, American Rifle is a balanced, wonderfully entertaining history of the rifle and its place in American culture.

The Rifle

The Rifle
Author: Andrew Biggio
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2021-06-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1684511399

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It all started because of a rifle. The Rifle is an inspirational story and hero’s journey of a 28-year-old U.S. Marine, Andrew Biggio, who returned home from combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, full of questions about the price of war. He found answers from those who survived the costliest war of all -- WWII veterans. It began when Biggio bought a 1945 M1 Garand Rifle, the most common rifle used in WWII, to honor his great uncle, a U.S. Army soldier who died on the hills of the Italian countryside. When Biggio showed the gun to his neighbor, WWII veteran Corporal Joseph Drago, it unlocked memories Drago had kept unspoken for 50 years. On the spur of the moment, Biggio asked Drago to sign the rifle. Thus began this Marine’s mission to find as many WWII veterans as he could, get their signatures on the rifle, and document their stories. For two years, Biggio traveled across the country to interview America’s last-living WWII veterans. Each time he put the M1 Garand Rifle in their hands, their eyes lit up with memories triggered by holding the weapon that had been with them every step of the war. With each visit and every story told to Biggio, the veterans signed their names to the rifle. 96 signatures now cover that rifle, each a reminder of the price of war and the courage of our soldiers.

American Gun

American Gun
Author: Chris Kyle
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2013-06-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0062242733

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING FOLLOW-UP TO AMERICAN SNIPER Join Chris Kyle on a journedy to discover “how 10 firearms changed United States history” (New York Times Book Review) Drawing on his legendary firearms knowledge and combat experience, U.S. Navy SEAL and #1 bestselling author of American Sniper Chris Kyle dramatically chronicles the story of America—from the Revolution to the present—through the lens of ten iconic guns and the remarkable heroes who used them to shape history: the American long rifle, Spencer repeater, Colt .45 revolver, Winchester 1873 rifle, Springfield M1903 rifle, M1911 pistol, Thompson submachine gun, M1 Garand, .38 Special police revolver, and the M16 rifle platform Kyle himself used. American Gun is a sweeping epic of bravery, adventure, invention, and sacrifice. Featuring a foreword and afterword by Taya Kyle and illustrated with more than 100 photographs, this new paperback edition features a bonus chapter, “The Eleventh Gun,” on shotguns, derringers, and the Browning M2 machine gun.

The Gunning of America

The Gunning of America
Author: Pamela Haag
Publisher:
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 0465048951

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"An acclaimed historian explodes the myth about the 'special relationship' between Americans and their guns, revealing that savvy 19th century businessmen--not gun lovers--created American gun culture"--

The Rifle in America

The Rifle in America
Author: Philip Burdette Sharpe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 641
Release: 1938
Genre: Rifles
ISBN:

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The Rifles

The Rifles
Author: William T. Vollmann
Publisher: New York : Viking
Total Pages: 442
Release: 1994
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

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A novel about Sir John Franklin's 19th-century Arctic expedition and about modern Inuit life.

Gunfight

Gunfight
Author: Ryan Busse
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2021-10-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1541768728

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A former firearms executive pulls back the curtain on America's multibillion-dollar gun industry, exposing how it fostered extremism and racism, radicalizing the nation and bringing cultural division to a boiling point. As an avid hunter, outdoorsman, and conservationist–all things that the firearms industry was built on–Ryan Busse chased a childhood dream and built a successful career selling millions of firearms for one of America’s most popular gun companies. But blinded by the promise of massive profits, the gun industry abandoned its self-imposed decency in favor of hardline conservatism and McCarthyesque internal policing, sowing irreparable division in our politics and society. That drove Busse to do something few other gun executives have done: he's ending his 30-year career in the industry to show us how and why we got here. Gunfight is an insider’s call-out of a wild, secretive, and critically important industry. It shows us how America's gun industry shifted from prioritizing safety and ethics to one that is addicted to fear, conspiracy, intolerance, and secrecy. It recounts Busse's personal transformation and shows how authoritarianism spreads in the guise of freedom, how voicing one's conscience becomes an act of treason in a culture that demands sameness and loyalty. Gunfight offers a valuable perspective as the nation struggles to choose between armed violence or healing.

Arming America

Arming America
Author: Michael A. Bellesiles
Publisher:
Total Pages: 604
Release: 2003
Genre: Firearms ownership
ISBN:

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