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Gun Barons: The Weapons That Transformed America and the Men Who Invented Them
Bottom of the pile
24
/100
I Index Overall Rating
Readers
30/100Critics
17/100Scholars
Author:
John Bainbridge Jr.
Publisher:
St. Martin's Press
Date:
May 24, 2022
A narrative history of six charismatic and idiosyncratic men who changed the course of American history through the invention and refinement of repeating weapons.
What The Reviewers Say
One aspect of this well-told chronicle that may surprise present-day readers is that in the 1850s and ’60s guns and their evolutionary developments were regularly trumpeted in the mainstream media.
Knowing the technical and commercial history of America’s obsession will cast light for readers both for and against gun control..
Flowery constructions occasionally disrupt the book’s otherwise crisp, journalistic prose, and Bainbridge refrains from fully reckoning with the negative aspects of America’s gun culture. Still, firearms enthusiasts will savor this brisk and entertaining account..
