Armed America : The Remarkable Story of How and Why Guns Became as American as Apple Pie

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• ISBN13: 9781595552846
• ISBN10: 1595552847
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-08-25
• Publisher: THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS

Summary

In this true story of our nation's love affair with firearms, Clayton E. Cramer debunks the myths and takes readers along a winding historical trail full of surprising revelations and riveting anecdotes, explaining the roots of America's gun culture.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments & Technical Notes	p. vii
Creating a Useable Past: Michael Bellesiles and Revisionist History	p. x
Colonial America
A Lonely Outpost: Militias in Colonial America	p. 3
Threatening Shadows: Guns in the Hands of the Other	p. 24
Uneasy Alliances: Guns and Indians	p. 41
Guns in Official Records and Personal Narrative	p. 51
Intent to Kill: Man Against Man and Man Against Nature	p. 68
The Shot Heard 'Round the World
Guns in Revolutionary New England	p. 91
Guns in the Revolutionary Middle Colonies	p. 108
Guns in the Revolutionary South	p. 122
Guns in the Continental Army & Revolutionary Militias	p. 140
The Early Republic
Militias in the Early Republic	p. 171
Ammunition in the Early Republic	p. 187
Pistols in the Early Republic	p. 194
Guns and Sport in the Early Republic	p. 204
Guns and Violence in the Early Republic	p. 224
Epilogue	p. 236
Appendix: Firearms Glossary	p. 237
Bibliography	p. 244
About the Author	p. 257
Notes	p. 259
Index	p. 295
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