Author: Andrew Biggio
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1684511399
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
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.
The Rifle
Author: Andrew Biggio
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1684511399
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1684511399
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
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.
The Rifle
Author: Gary Paulsen
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152058395
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
In this Paulsen classic, a treasured rifle passed down through generations isthe cause of a tragic accident.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152058395
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
In this Paulsen classic, a treasured rifle passed down through generations isthe cause of a tragic accident.
The Rifle Story
Author: John Walter
Publisher: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal
ISBN: 9781853676901
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
This is a book about Nature for naughty kids. Nice kids learn about the life-cycle of the monarch butterfly and tadpoles turning into frogs. Naughty kids want to know about squashed hedgehogs and dead pukeko. Nice kids like to look at books with pretty pictures of puppy dogs and kittens. Naughty kids would rather see blood and guts and maggots. And rats. Lots of rats. Don't forget the rats. Age 9+
Publisher: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal
ISBN: 9781853676901
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
This is a book about Nature for naughty kids. Nice kids learn about the life-cycle of the monarch butterfly and tadpoles turning into frogs. Naughty kids want to know about squashed hedgehogs and dead pukeko. Nice kids like to look at books with pretty pictures of puppy dogs and kittens. Naughty kids would rather see blood and guts and maggots. And rats. Lots of rats. Don't forget the rats. Age 9+
The Krag Rifle Story
Author: Franklin B. Mallory
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780960330607
Category : Krag-Jörgensen rifle
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780960330607
Category : Krag-Jörgensen rifle
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The Rifles
Author: William T. Vollmann
Publisher: New York : Viking
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
A novel about Sir John Franklin's 19th-century Arctic expedition and about modern Inuit life.
Publisher: New York : Viking
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
A novel about Sir John Franklin's 19th-century Arctic expedition and about modern Inuit life.
Rifle Reports
Author: Mary Margaret Steedly
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520274873
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Introduction : the outskirts of the nation -- The golden bridge -- Buried guns -- Imagining independence -- Eager girls -- Sea of fire -- Letting loose the water buffaloes -- The memory artist -- Conclusion : the sense of an ending.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520274873
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Introduction : the outskirts of the nation -- The golden bridge -- Buried guns -- Imagining independence -- Eager girls -- Sea of fire -- Letting loose the water buffaloes -- The memory artist -- Conclusion : the sense of an ending.
American Gun
Author: Chris Kyle
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062242733
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062242733
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
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 Henry Rifle
Author: Les Quick
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781882824335
Category : Rifles
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781882824335
Category : Rifles
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Jim Carmichel's Book of the Rifle
Author: Jim Carmichel
Publisher: Osprey Books
ISBN: 9780943822556
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Publisher: Osprey Books
ISBN: 9780943822556
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
The Springfield 1903 Rifles
Author: William S. Brophy
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811708722
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
The lifetime work of the rifle's premier authority. Exhaustive research has taken Brophy into some of the rarest collections in existence.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811708722
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
The lifetime work of the rifle's premier authority. Exhaustive research has taken Brophy into some of the rarest collections in existence.