Gun Barons: The Weapons That Transformed America and the Men Who Invented Them
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- Author：John Bainbridge Jr.
- ISBN：1250266866
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Reviews
Bonnye Reed
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Netgalley via St。 Martin's Presspub date 20220524 Netgalley via St。 Martin's Presspub date 20220524 。。。more
Kristen Perry
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I received this copy of Gun Barons as an ARC through Netgalley。 John Bainbridge Jr。 does a bang up job of presenting lots of information in an easy to read and follow formant。 I found it absolutely fascinating， that most of the major players in the gun world were all alive at the same right around the Civil war。 "The founding fathers of American gun empires lived at the right time。 Free of tyranny and drunk on possibility， the United States barreled into the mid-nineteenth century with a sense o I received this copy of Gun Barons as an ARC through Netgalley。 John Bainbridge Jr。 does a bang up job of presenting lots of information in an easy to read and follow formant。 I found it absolutely fascinating， that most of the major players in the gun world were all alive at the same right around the Civil war。 "The founding fathers of American gun empires lived at the right time。 Free of tyranny and drunk on possibility， the United States barreled into the mid-nineteenth century with a sense of conquest and creativity。" （pg 8）。 Prior to reading this book I knew nothing at all about any of the men responsible for the rifles and hand guns that helped to build the west and fight the greatest war ever waged on American soil Samuel Colt， Eliphalet Remington， Horace3 Smith and Daniel Baird Wesson are just a few of the interesting men you will learn about if you read this book。 I am not a gun owner or have ever shot a gun of any sort， but as a lover of all things to do with history， I truly enjoyed this book。 。。。more
RoF
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I received a free copy from Goodreads。This book lacks pictures to better understand how the guns were designed and in which context they were invented。 Nevertheless， this book is vivid and clearly presents the life of the innovative guns barons。 It is interesting to see that a mix of creativity， entrepreneurship， luck， collaboration and industrial progress generated objects that had a strong influence on the rise of a nation。
Pernette
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John Bainbridge Jr。's Gun Baron's: The Weapons That Transformed America and The Men Who Invented Them Review was not what I expected。 I was expecting an account of the major gun inventors and how they came about their inventions but was surprised that there was far more detail about the information that I thought was unnecessary。 There was too much information regarding the families and not enough about the inventor and his gun invention。 Though there was very much information and extremely deta John Bainbridge Jr。's Gun Baron's: The Weapons That Transformed America and The Men Who Invented Them Review was not what I expected。 I was expecting an account of the major gun inventors and how they came about their inventions but was surprised that there was far more detail about the information that I thought was unnecessary。 There was too much information regarding the families and not enough about the inventor and his gun invention。 Though there was very much information and extremely detailed。 。。。more
Jim
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