Colt, an American Legend

Colt, an American Legend PDF Author: Robert Lawrence Wilson
Publisher: Artabras Publishers
ISBN: 9780896597891
Category : Colt firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 406

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"Hereme, and one that will be quoted for years to come as the standard reference of the history of Colt firearms".--Guns Magazine. 410 illustrations, 305 in color.

Colt, an American Legend

Colt, an American Legend PDF Author: Robert Lawrence Wilson
Publisher: Artabras Publishers
ISBN: 9780896597891
Category : Colt firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 406

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"Hereme, and one that will be quoted for years to come as the standard reference of the history of Colt firearms".--Guns Magazine. 410 illustrations, 305 in color.

Colt

Colt PDF Author: R. L. Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406

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Colt

Colt PDF Author: R. L. Wilson
Publisher: Artabras
ISBN: 9780896599536
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 368

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The official history of Colt Firearms from 1836 to the Present. With over 300 illustrations in full color.

Colt, an American Legend

Colt, an American Legend PDF Author: Robert Lawrence Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colt firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 406

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Colt

Colt PDF Author: William N. Hosley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Beginning with an account of Sam Colt's early failures as both inventor and businessman, William Hosley traces the development in the pre-Civil War years of the notorious Colt revolver - "The Gun That Won the West" - into the first truly global manufacturing export in U.S. history.

Killer Colt

Killer Colt PDF Author: Harold Schechter
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504094263
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 420

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An in-the-room account of John Colt’s scandalous nineteenth-century murder trial from “America’s principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers” (Boston Review). In this masterful account, renowned true-crime historian Harold Schechter takes you into the life and crimes of convicted murderer John Caldwell Colt, drawing parallels between John’s rise to notoriety and his brother Samuel Colt’s rise to fame as the inventor of the legendary revolver. With a killing that made headlines around the nation, John Colt became a cultural touchstone whose shocking villainy inspired and provoked such writers as Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, and Herman Melville. Unlike his brother, John lived a nomadic existence, bouncing from one job to another. His one distinction, writing a reference accounting book, would play a part in his fall from grace. For in New York City, on September 17, 1841, John murdered printer Samuel Adams with a hatchet during a heated argument over proceeds from book sales. A media circus ensued, galvanizing the penny press, which printed lurid headlines and gruesome woodcut illustrations. The standing-room-only trial created unforgettable moments in legal history, including such dramatic evidence as Samuel Adams’s decomposed head. The verdict and its aftermath would reverberate throughout the country and beyond, giving John Colt lasting infamy. “[Schechter] leads us through Colt’s trial with such precision that you can smell the cigar smoke in the courtroom. . . . Killer Colt succeeds in making us care about this story now by showing why it mattered to so many people then.” —HistoryNet

Colt

Colt PDF Author: Random House Information Group
Publisher: House of Collectibles
ISBN: 9780876370650
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Winchester

Winchester PDF Author: Robert Lawrence Wilson
Publisher: Random House Incorporated
ISBN: 9780394585369
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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Book Description
A comprehensive and detailed history of Winchester firearms and ammunition includes photographs of hundreds of models

Buffalo Bill's Wild West

Buffalo Bill's Wild West PDF Author: R.L. Wilson
Publisher: Chartwell Books
ISBN: 9780785818946
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A panoramic celebration of the colorful characters that made up the Wild West shows, with color and black and white photos throughout.

Colt Single Action

Colt Single Action PDF Author: Dennis Alder
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510709223
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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This book spans the entire history of Sam Colt's developments in handguns. It follows the first Paterson revolvers through the legendary 1860 Army and the evolution of cap and ball revolvers into the cartridge models carried during the Western Expansion of the 1870s. Author and photographer Dennis Adler takes you on a historical journey through time with striking studio photography of the world's greatest Colt revolvers, factory archival images and original patent drawings, and tales of the soldiers, lawmen, and lawbreakers who made Colt revolvers part of American history. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for hunters and firearms enthusiasts. We publish books about shotguns, rifles, handguns, target shooting, gun collecting, self-defense, archery, ammunition, knives, gunsmithing, gun repair, and wilderness survival. We publish books on deer hunting, big game hunting, small game hunting, wing shooting, turkey hunting, deer stands, duck blinds, bowhunting, wing shooting, hunting dogs, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.