American Rifle: A Biography

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 09/29/2009
ISBN: 9780553384383
Pages: 528
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.02w x 1.15d