THE GUNS OF JOHN MOSES BROWNING: THE REMARKABLE STORY OF THE INVENTOR WHOSE FIREARMS CHANGED THE WORLD Nathan Gorenstein 2021 1st ed Hardcover (Gorenstein, Nathan)

	Item #: BK8362-874 THE GUNS OF JOHN MOSES BROWNING: THE REMARKABLE STORY OF THE INVENTOR WHOSE FIREARMS CHANGED THE WORLD Nathan Gorenstein 2021 1st ed Hardcover By Gorenstein, Nathan Price: $19.99 List Price: $28.00 You Save $8.01 (29%) Add to wish list Click Here For Related Selections
Detailed Product Description
New York, Scribner, 2021, 1st edition. 325 pp, photos on glossy stock for better detail. Thick hardcover, DJ, like New. A major biography of "the Thomas Edison of guns," John Moses Browning, brings to life a visionary inventor whose astonishing array of firearms has shaped American culture and armed the world's militaries for more than a century. Few people are aware that Browning -- a tall modest, cerebral man born in 1855 and raised as a Mormon -- invented the modern pistol along with hunting rifles and shotguns still sold today. He designed machine guns for World War I that proved decisive in World War II and played a major role in winning the Battle of Britain. Incredibly, his weapons are still relied on by American troops in the twenty-first century. Embodying the tradition of self-made, self-educated American geniuses, Browning possessed a remarkable gift for thinking in three dimensions. He never used blueprints. While competitors struggled to create one or two successful firearms, Browning became the unheralded genius behind arms makers Fabrique Nationale Herstal, Winchester and Colt. Largely unknown in America until the last decade of his life, he was already a household name in Europe. Browning's life story is the history of modern firearms, for good and ill. Sweeping, lively, and brilliantly told, this fascinating book introduces a little-known American legend whose impact on history ranks with that of the Wright brothers, Henry Ford, and other pioneers of innovation.
Other Items You Might Like
Similar Items Available Items From This Author Items From This Category CLIMBING MAGAZINE LIST OF ISSUES AND DATES: FOR REFERENCE TO TAKE INVENTORY & MAKE A SET *By: Climbing Magazine USA* Price $0.00 *- Item # J152G* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart AMERICAN ALPINE JOURNAL 2021 *By: American Alpine Club 2021 Journal* Price $34.95 ~ Regular $35.00, You Save $0.05 (0%) *- Item # AAJ2021-2* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart PLACE NAMES OF THE SIERRA NEVADA FROM ABBOT TO ZUMWALT Peter Browning 1991 2nd ed Softcover Fine *By: Browing, Peter* Price $9.99 ~ Regular $20.00, You Save $10.01 (50%) *- Item # BK2114-891* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart THE EIGER OBSESSION: FACING THE MOUNTAIN THAT KILLED MY FATHER John Harlin 2007 1st ed Hardcover DJ Fine Multiple Copies Available [Not Signed] *By: Harlin, John III* Price $4.99 ~ Regular $26.00, You Save $21.01 (81%) *- Item # BK2188-86219* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart 1973 ASCENT: THE SIERRA CLUB MOUNTAIN JOURNAL 1973 Poor SIGNED by Steve Roper, Allen Steck and Jim Bridwell *By: Sierra Club, Steve Roper and Allen Steck* Price $25.00 ~ Regular $99.95, You Save $74.95 (75%) *- Item # JR166B-105* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart BEYOND POSSIBLE: ONE MAN, FOURTEEN PEAKS AND THE MOUNTAINEERING ACHIEVEMENT OF A LIFETIME [14 8000m Peaks + K2 Winter] Nirmal Purja 2022 1st US edition New Hardcover 2 copies available *By: Purja, Nirmal "Nims"* Price $19.95 ~ Regular $29.95, You Save $10.00 (33%) *- Item # BK4284C-8292* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart BEYOND POSSIBLE: ONE SOLDIER, FOURTEEN PEAKS: MY LIFE IN THE DEATH ZINE Nirmal Purja 2020 UK ed New Hardcover DJ Multiple copies available *By: Purja, Nirmal "Nims"* Price $9.99 ~ Regular $75.00, You Save $65.01 (87%) *- Item # BK4284A-8294* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart BEYOND POSSIBLE: ONE SOLDIER, FOURTEEN PEAKS: MY LIFE IN THE DEATH ZINE Nirmal Purja 2020 UK ed New Hardcover DJ SIGNED by Nimsdai Purja 2 copies available *By: Purja, Nirmal "Nims"* Price $45.00 *- Item # BK4284D-8542* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart WILD LIFE ON THE ROCKIES Enos A. Mills 1909 1st ed Hardcover Near Fine *By: Mills, Enos A.* Price $95.00 ~ Regular $150.00, You Save $55.00 (37%) *- Item # OP2413B-829* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart THE HUNT FOR MOUNT EVEREST Craig Storti 2021 1st ed Hardcover New Multiple copies available *By: Storti, Craig* Price $9.95 ~ Regular $30.00, You Save $20.05 (67%) *- Item # BK4614-8489* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart Sorry, we were unable find any similar items available by this author. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ICE AND SNOW: ILLUSTRATED FROM THE ALPS A.E.H. Tutton 1927 1st ed Hardcover Very Good *By: Tutton, A.E.H.* Price $39.99 ~ Regular $150.00, You Save $110.01 (73%) *- Item # OP1413A-873* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart LE NEVI DELL'EQUATORE [THE SNOWS OF THE EQUATOR] Mirella Tenderini 2012 2nd ed Softcover New *By: Tenderini, Mirella* Price $9.99 ~ Regular $20.00, You Save $10.01 (50%) *- Item # BK5655-952* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart ZUM BERG DES HIMMELS: HINDUKUSCH-EXPEDITION 1968 [TO THE MOUNTAIN OF HEAVEN: HINDU KUSH EXPEDITION 1968] Christian V.D. Hecken 1970 1st ed Hardcover DJ Near Fine *By: Hecken, Christian von der* Price $25.00 ~ Regular $49.95, You Save $24.95 (50%) *- Item # OP6959-935* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO WILDERNESS CAMPING AND BACKPACKING IN THE UNITED STATES Charles Cook 1994 Softcover Very Good *By: Cook, Charles* Price $4.99 ~ Regular $24.95, You Save $19.96 (80%) *- Item # GB7988-968* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart MORE SCRAMBLES IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES Andrew Nugara 2014 New *By: Nugara, Andrew* Price $14.99 ~ Regular $21.95, You Save $6.96 (32%) *- Item # GB2335-848* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart EAST OF EVEREST: AN ACCOUNT OF THE NEW ZEALAND ALPINE CLUB HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION TO THE BARUN VALLEY IN 1954 1956 1st US ed Hardcover DJ Fine *By: Hillary, Edmund and George Lowe* Price $125.00 *- Item # OP41B-830* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart LAST STEP: THE AMERICAN ASCENT OF K2 Rick Ridgeway 1st ed Hardcover DJ As New [Not signed] *By: Ridgeway, Rick* Price $40.00 *- Item # OP438E-850* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart CLIMBERS: SCALING THE HEIGHTS WITH THE SPORT'S ELITE Steve Boga 1994 Softcover Multiple Copies Available *By: Boga, Steve* Price $4.99 ~ Regular $14.95, You Save $9.96 (67%) *- Item # BK156-86228* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart THE ASCENT OF DENALI (MOUNT MCKINLEY) Hudson Stuck 1989 Paperback Very Good *By: Stuck, Hudson* Price $4.99 ~ Regular $15.00, You Save $10.01 (67%) *- Item # OP1503G-212* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart MY CLIMBS IN THE ALPS AND CAUCASUS. A.F. Mummery 1974 Hardcover DJ Fine *By: Mummery, Alfred F.* Price $9.99 ~ Regular $35.00, You Save $25.01 (71%) *- Item # OP95D-849* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart