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Love them or hate them guns are woven deeply into the American soul Names like Colt Smith amp Wesson Winchester and Remington are legendary Yet few people are aware of the roles these men played at a crucial time in United States history from westward expansion in the 1840s through the Civil War and into the dawn of the Gilded Age Through personal drive and fueled by bloodshed they helped propel the young country into the forefront of the worlds industrial powers
Their creations helped save a nation divided while planting seeds that would divide the country again a century later Their inventions embodied an intoxicating thread of American individualismpart fiction part realitythat remains the foundation of modern gun culture They promoted guns not only for the soldier but for the Everyman and also made themselves wealthy beyond their most fevered dreams
Gun Barons captures how their bold inventiveness dwelled in the psyche of an entire people not just in the minds of men who made firearm fortunes Whether we revere these largerthanlife men or vilify them they helped forge the American character
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