{"product_id":"the-illustrated-history-of-guns-from-first-firearms-to-semiautomatic-weapons-paperback","title":"The Illustrated History of Guns: From First Firearms to Semiautomatic Weapons - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChuck Wills\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eThe Berman Museum of World History\u003c\/b\u003e (With), \u003cb\u003eRobert A. Sadowski\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor the first time in paperback, a photographic history of civilization, as seen through the world's most deadly and fascinating firearms.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Illustrated History of Guns\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive look at the tools of battle. To craft this book, more than five hundred photographs of genuine specimens were specially commissioned from the six-thousand-piece collection of the Berman Museum of World History. The weapons featured span a period of close to four thousand years, ranging from Ancient Greece to World War II, and from the Crusades in Europe to the US Civil War. It features a wide array of diverse treasures, including the traveling pistols of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, a royal Persian scimitar with 1,295 rose-cut diamonds and rubies, and a single 11-carat emerald set in gold, first owned by Shah Abbas I of Persia and given in tribute to Catherine the Great. \u003ci\u003eThe Illustrated History of Guns\u003c\/i\u003e also offers information on weapons innovators, including Alexander Forsyth, Eliphalet Remington, Samuel Colt, Sergei Mosin, the Mauser brothers, Hiram Maxim, John Browning, Richard Gatling, John T. Thompson, John Garland, Feodor Tokarev, Oliver Winchester, and Mikhail Kalashnikov. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith unparalleled historical perspective and background on persons significant to the development and advancements of weapons technology or military strategy, \u003ci\u003eThe Illustrated History of Guns\u003c\/i\u003e belongs on the shelf of every history buff and firearms enthusiast.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChuck Wills\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, editor, and consultant specializing in history, with an emphasis on military history. His work in this area includes books on the Battle of Little Bighorn, Pearl Harbor, and the Tet Offensive, as well as several volumes of an illustrated history of the American Civil War. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Berman Museum of World History's\u003c\/b\u003e holdings number 8,500 objects, with 3,000 items related to world history exhibited in its galleries. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert A. Sadowski\u003c\/b\u003e is a contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eGun-Tests\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSHOT Business\u003c\/i\u003e magazines and a contributor to \u003ci\u003eAR Guns and Hunting\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGun Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCabela's Outfitter Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGame \u0026amp; Fish\u003c\/i\u003e, New England Edition magazines. He is the author of the \u003ci\u003eShooter's Bible Guide to Combat Handguns\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eShooter's Bible Guide to Firearms Assembly, Disassembly, and Cleaning\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 10.7 x 8.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771801501984,"sku":"9781510720749","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/74fe60aeb382bc54da1a01ea6ff2dbbc.webp?v=1780393872","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-illustrated-history-of-guns-from-first-firearms-to-semiautomatic-weapons-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}