Written with lead
Subtitle: America's most famous and notorious gunfights from the Revolutionary War to today
By: William Weir.
Edition: 1st Cooper Square Press ed.
Publisher: Cooper Square Press; Distributed by National Book Network
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York; [Lanham, Md.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: Violence -- United States -- History -- Anecdotes.; Outlaws -- United States -- History -- Anecdotes.; Firearms -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- Anecdotes.; United States -- History -- Anecdotes.
Genres: Anecdotes.
Description: "Written with Lead offers a compelling narrative history of twenty-one tragic episodes in American history - all involving firearms, heroes, and the ongoing public fascination with guns and gunfighters. Spotlighting events such as the massacre at Little Bighorn and the bloody ambush of Bonnie and Clyde, and featuring three new essays (including one on the siege at Waco, Texas), William Weir explores the history, culture, and mythology of guns in surprising and unpredictable ways."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-347) and index.
Originally published: Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books, 1992. With 3 new chapters and a new foreword.