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American Rifle: A Biography
de Rose, Alexander
- Usado
- Bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Bueno/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0553805177
- ISBN 13
- 9780553805178
- Librería
-
Webster, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Delacorte Press, 2008. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Jacket edges bumped and rubbed. 2008 Hard Cover. 495 pp. "George Washington insisted that his portrait be painted with one. Daniel Boone created a legend with one. Abraham Lincoln shot them on the White House lawn. And Teddy Roosevelt had his specially customized. In this first-of-its-kind book, historian Alexander Rose delivers a colorful, engrossing biography of an American icon: the rifle. Drawing on the words of foot soldiers, inventors, and presidents, based on extensive new research, and spanning from the Revolution to the present day, American Rifle is a balanced, wonderfully entertaining history of the rifle and its place in American culture.
Sinopsis
Born in the United States, Alexander Rose was raised in Australia and Britain. A military historian and former journalist, he is the author of Washington’s Spies: The Story of America’s First Spy Ring , and his writing has appeared in the New York Observer, the Washington Post, Studies in Intelligence, and many other publications.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Yesterday's Muse Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 2341671
- Título
- American Rifle: A Biography
- Autor
- Rose, Alexander
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hard Cover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0553805177
- ISBN 13
- 9780553805178
- Editorial
- Delacorte Press
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2008
- Tamaño
- 6x1x9
- Palabras clave
- AMERICAN HISTORY AMERICANA WEAPONS WEAPONRY GUNS RIFLES
- X weight
- 30 oz
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Yesterday's Muse Books
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Webster, New York
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