Amer Rifle
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American Rifle
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Author : Alexander Rose
language : en
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Release Date : 2008-10-21
American Rifle written by Alexander Rose and has been published by Delacorte Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-21 with History categories.
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. Now, 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 soldiers, inventors, and presidents, based on extensive new research, and encompassing the Revolution to the present day, American Rifle is a balanced, wonderfully entertaining history of this most essential firearm and its place in American culture. In the eighteenth century American soldiers discovered that they no longer had to fight in Europe’s time-honored way. With the evolution of the famed “Kentucky” Rifle—a weapon slow to load but devastatingly accurate in the hands of a master—a new era of warfare dawned, heralding the birth of the American individualist in battle. In this spirited narrative, Alexander Rose reveals the hidden connections between the rifle’s development and our nation’s history. We witness the high-stakes international competition to produce the most potent gunpowder . . . how the mysterious arts of metallurgy, gunsmithing, and mass production played vital roles in the creation of American economic supremacy . . . and the ways in which bitter infighting between rival arms makers shaped diplomacy and influenced the most momentous decisions in American history. And we learn why advances in rifle technology and ammunition triggered revolutions in military tactics, how ballistics tests—frequently bizarre—were secretly conducted, and which firearms determined the course of entire wars. From physics to geopolitics, from frontiersmen to the birth of the National Rifle Association, from the battles of the Revolution to the war in Iraq, American Rifle is a must read for history buffs, gun collectors, soldiers—and anyone who seeks to understand the dynamic relationship between the rifle and this nation’s history.
American Rifle Design And Performance
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Author : Louis Robert Wallack
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
American Rifle Design And Performance written by Louis Robert Wallack and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with History categories.
A comprehensive and lucid guide to what happens inside a rifle when the trigger is pulled, why it happens, and what happens to the bullet in flight and upon impact.
The Gunning Of America
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Author : Pamela Haag
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2016-04-19
The Gunning Of America written by Pamela Haag and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-19 with History categories.
Americans have always loved guns. This special bond was forged during the American Revolution and sanctified by the Second Amendment. It is because of this exceptional relationship that American civilians are more heavily armed than the citizens of any other nation. Or so we're told. In The Gunning of America, historian Pamela Haag overturns this conventional wisdom. American gun culture, she argues, developed not because the gun was exceptional, but precisely because it was not: guns proliferated in America because throughout most of the nation's history, they were perceived as an unexceptional commodity, no different than buttons or typewriters. Focusing on the history of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, one of the most iconic arms manufacturers in America, Haag challenges many basic assumptions of how and when America became a gun culture. Under the leadership of Oliver Winchester and his heirs, the company used aggressive, sometimes ingenious sales and marketing techniques to create new markets for their product. Guns have never "sold themselves"; rather, through advertising and innovative distribution campaigns, the gun industry did. Through the meticulous examination of gun industry archives, Haag challenges the myth of a primal bond between Americans and their firearms. Over the course of its 150 year history, the Winchester Repeating Arms Company sold over 8 million guns. But Oliver Winchester-a shirtmaker in his previous career-had no apparent qualms about a life spent arming America. His daughter-in-law Sarah Winchester was a different story. Legend holds that Sarah was haunted by what she considered a vast blood fortune, and became convinced that the ghosts of rifle victims were haunting her. She channeled much of her inheritance, and her conflicted conscience, into a monstrous estate now known as the Winchester Mystery House, where she sought refuge from this ever-expanding army of phantoms. In this provocative and deeply-researched work of narrative history, Haag fundamentally revises the history of arms in America, and in so doing explodes the clichéthat have created and sustained our lethal gun culture.
The American Rifle For Hunting And Target Shooting
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Author : Clarence Edwin Hagie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1946
The American Rifle For Hunting And Target Shooting written by Clarence Edwin Hagie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1946 with Hunting categories.
Lock Stock And Barrel
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Author : Clayton E. Cramer
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2018-02-21
Lock Stock And Barrel written by Clayton E. Cramer and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-21 with History categories.
This provocative book debunks the myth that American gun culture was intentionally created by gun makers and demonstrates that gun ownership and use have been a core part of American society since our colonial origins. Revisionist historians argue that American gun culture and manufacturing are relatively recent developments. They further claim that widespread gun violence was largely absent from early American history because guns of all types, and especially handguns, were rare before 1848. According to these revisionists, American gun culture was the creation of the first mass production gun manufacturers, who used clever marketing to sell guns to people who neither wanted nor needed them. However, as proven in this first scholarly history of "gun culture" in early America, gun ownership and use have in fact been central to American society from its very beginnings. Lock, Stock, and Barrel: The Origins of American Gun Culture shows that gunsmithing and gun manufacturing were important parts of the economies of the colonies and the early republic and explains how the American gun industry helped to create our modern world of precision mass production and high wages for workers.
American Shooter
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Author : Gerry Souter
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2012-02-01
American Shooter written by Gerry Souter and has been published by Potomac Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-01 with History categories.
Gun ownership has long been a hot-button topic in the United States, and the National Rifle Association has the reputation of being an organization of primarily politically conservative members. American Shooter provides a unique look at gun ownership, handgun bans, shooting sports, and the controversy over how to interpret the Second Amendment from the point of view of a liberal gun owner and enthusiast. Gerry Souter examines the history of firearms in the United States, from the settlers who carried matchlock muskets ashore at Jamestown to the citizens who purchase guns in record numbers today. Recent Supreme Court decisions that uphold the right to bear arms have galvanized citizens on both sides of the debate, making the gun issue hotter than ever. To provide a personal view, Souter weaves in tales of his own experiences with guns, including sport shooting as a young man, hunting and bonding with his father, and facing the smoking end of a muzzle as an international photojournalist. American Shooter is both a history and a personal journey that traces the path of American gun ownership culture from the Revolution to today. It recounts how the country has lived with guns from the flintlock hung over the fireplace to the concealed-carry, laser-sighted Glock semiautomatic pistol tucked away in the hidden pocket of a mom’s purse.
The American Rifle A Treatise A Text Book And A Book Of Practical Instruction In The Use Of The Rifle
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Author : Townsend Whelen
language : en
Publisher: Franklin Classics
Release Date : 2018-10-13
The American Rifle A Treatise A Text Book And A Book Of Practical Instruction In The Use Of The Rifle written by Townsend Whelen and has been published by Franklin Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-13 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Firearms Of The American West 1803 1865
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Author : Louis A. Garavaglia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Firearms Of The American West 1803 1865 written by Louis A. Garavaglia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with History categories.
Guns In America
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Author : Jan E. Dizard
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 1999-04
Guns In America written by Jan E. Dizard and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-04 with History categories.
Documenting and analyzing the history of firearms in America, this book explores various aspects of gun manufacture, ownership and use - and the cultural and political implications which this history reveals. It presents a diverse array of writings which range from Puritan sermons to NRA documents.
Sharpes Rifle
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Author : Martin Rywell
language : en
Publisher: Pioneer Press, Incorporated
Release Date : 1956-02-01
Sharpes Rifle written by Martin Rywell and has been published by Pioneer Press, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1956-02-01 with Firearms, American categories.