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Guns of the American West
by
Dennis Adler
This is a sprawling history of a nation built on the sweat and ambition of inventors, adventurers, and people searching for a new beginning in the mid-19th century. As readers see America change over the decades, they witness the role of the gun in preserving life, defending families and upholding law and order at a time when nothing in life was simple. With the turn of th...more
Hardcover, 324 pages
Published
September 1st 2009
by Book Sales, Inc.
(first published 2009)
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This is a superb book that should spend more time being looked at than on a table! Adler manages to encompass the breadth of coverage on such a vast topic with accuracy and panache. It is primarily a pictorial history with the exquisite images leaving you wanting the firearms for your own collection. The lighting and composition of the sets that feature historic firearms posed with period accessories truly enhances the subjects photographed and discussed. The text draws on the authors own experi...more
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