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Gun barons : the weapons that transformed America and the men who invented them /

John Bainbridge, Jr.'s Gun Barons is a narrative history of six charismatic and idiosyncratic men who changed the course of American history through the invention and refinement of repeating weapons. Love them or hate them, guns are woven deeply into the American soul. Names like Colt, Smith &a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bainbridge, John, 1946- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, [2022].
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Colt, Samuel, > 1814-1862.
E. Remington & Sons > History > 19th century.
Winchester, Oliver Fisher, > 1810-1880.
Winchester Repeating Arms Company > History.
Smith & Wesson > History.
Firearms > United States > History > 19th century.
Gunsmiths > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Armed Forces > Firearms > History > 19th century.
Firearms industry and trade > United States > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Devil yack
  • 2. Rise of the showman
  • 3. Master of steel
  • 4. Mobtown
  • 5. From bayonets to guns
  • 6. The indentured brother
  • 7. Revolution in the blood
  • 8. Eyes west
  • 9. Crafting a warrior's tool
  • 10. Walker gets his Colts
  • 11. The fall of Edwin Wesson
  • 12. The wrath of Samuel Colt
  • 13. Conquering the evil collar
  • 14. To London 'midst iron and glass
  • 15. Perfection in the art of destruction
  • 16. Evolution
  • 17. A new organ of destructiveness
  • 18. In King Colt's shadow
  • 19. The Smith & Wesson moment
  • 20. Of silk and steel
  • 21. A gathering rush for weaponry
  • 22. Call to arms, any arms
  • 23. Catching up to war: 1862
  • 24. A baron's bid for dynasty
  • 25. The Henry or the Spencer?
  • 26. Gettysburg
  • 27. A living sheet of flame
  • 28. No better friend, no worse enemy
  • 29. The wages of peace
  • 30. Centennial
  • 31. Sacred iron
  • Epilogue.