Author: Andrew Biggio
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1684511399
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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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.
Author: Ian McCollum
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733424608
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Gary Paulsen
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152058395
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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In this Paulsen classic, a treasured rifle passed down through generations isthe cause of a tragic accident.
Author: Richard Mann
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781983512544
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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This book is the definitive study of the enigma known as the Scout Rifle. The Scout Rifle, as conceived by Jeff Cooper, is one of the most misunderstood firearms of all time. The Scout Rifle Study examines the factors that influenced Cooper's Scout Rifle Concept, examines the practicality of the Scout Rifle, looks at the various attempts to achieve Scout Rifle nirvana, and explores the feasibility of the Scout Rifle in the modern world. Whether you're already a Scout Rifle enthusiast or if you're considering a Scout Rifle for the first time, The Scout Rifle Study is the ultimate guide to what many believe is a rifle that can do everything well or possibly, the only rifle you will ever need.
Author: Jack O'Connor
Publisher: Random House (NY)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Author: Jack O'Connor
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1786258005
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 769
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A comprehensive, fully illustrated guide to modern sporting rifles and how to use them, cartridges for small, medium and big game, barrels, stocks, sights, scopes, shooting techniques, where to hit them, modern shotguns and how to use them, double, pump, automatic, shotgun stocks, shells, chokes, care of your shotgun, history of sporting rifles and shotguns, complete glossary, PLUS Jack O’Connor’s Seven Lesson “How to Shoot Course”.
Author: Alexander Rose
Publisher: Delta
ISBN: 0553384384
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 530
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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.
Author: Jack O'Connor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780883170540
Category : Hunting rifles
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Author: Jim Carmichel
Publisher: Osprey Books
ISBN: 9780943822556
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 584
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Author: William S. Brophy
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811708722
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 638
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The lifetime work of the rifle's premier authority. Exhaustive research has taken Brophy into some of the rarest collections in existence.
