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Revolver : Sam Colt and the six-shooter that changed America

Sam Colt and the six-shooter that changed America (portion title)

Summary: A sweeping, definitive biography of Samuel Colt--the inventor of the legendary Colt revolver (a.k.a. six-shooter)--which changed the US forever, triggering the industrial revolution and the settlement of the American West. Patented in 1836, the Colt pistol with its revolving cylinder was the first practical firearm that could shoot more than one bullet without reloading. For many reasons, Colt's gun had a profound effect on American history. Its most immediate impact was on the expansionism of the American west, where white emigrants and US soldiers came to depend on it, and where Native Americans came to dread it. The six-shooter became the iconic weapon of gun-slingers, outlaws, and cowboys--some willing to pay

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ISBN: 1501166387
ISBN: 9781501166389
Physical Description: x, 436 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2020.
Copyright: ©2020