50 Guns That Changed America: An Illustrated Guide

American history can be told through the history of the legendary guns that have been made famous by the inventors, adventurers, soldiers, and criminals that have made them famous.

At the birth of the nation, Americans armed themselves with state-of-the-art longarms to throw off colonial oppression. Once independent, the young nation was drawn into a succession of conflicts and American firearms technology had to keep pace with demand. Wars with Mexico and France, the struggle for the West ...