Armed America
Subtitle: the remarkable story of how and why guns became as American as apple pie
By: Clayton E. Cramer.
Publisher: Nelson Current, a subsidiary of Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Nashville, Tenn
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781595550699
Subjects: Firearms ownership -- United States -- History
Other titles: Remarkable story of how and why guns became as American as apple pie
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-256).
Table of contents: title: Creating a usable past : Michael Bellesiles and revisionist history; title: I. Colonial America.; title: A lonely outpost : militias in colonial America; title: Threatening shadows : guns in the hands of the other; title: Uneasy alliances : guns and Indians; title: Guns in official records and personal narrative; title: Intent to kill : man against man and man against nature; title: II. The shot heard 'round the world.; title: Guns in revolutionary New England; title: Guns in the revolutionary middle colonies; title: Guns in the revolutionary South; title: Guns in the Continental Army & revolutionary militias; title: III. The early Republic.; title: Militias in the early Republic; title: Ammunition in the early Republic; title: Pistols in the early Republic; title: Guns and sport in the early Republic; title: Guns and violence in the early Republic; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix : Firearms glossary; title: Bibliography; title: About the author