Armed America : the remarkable story of how and why guns became as American as apple pie /: the remarkable story of how and why guns became as American as apple pie. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Remarkable story of how and why guns became as American as apple pie
• Further Information: Note: Clayton E. Cramer.
• Other Names: Cramer, Clayton E
• Contents: Guns in American history -- Colonial America -- A lonely outpost : militias in colonial America -- Threatening shadows : guns in the hands of the other -- Uneasy alliances : guns and Indians -- Guns in official records and personal narrative -- Intent to kill : man against man and man against nature -- The shot heard 'round the world -- Guns in revolutionary New England -- Guns in the revolutionary middle colonies -- Guns in the revolutionary South -- Guns in the Continental Army & revolutionary militias -- The early Republic -- Militias in the early Republic -- Ammunition in the early Republic -- Pistols in the early Republic -- Guns and sport in the early Republic -- Guns and violence in the early Republic -- Epilogue -- Appendix: firearms glossary.
• Publisher Details: Nashville, Tenn : Nelson Current
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (xx, 300 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 363.330973; Firearms ownership -- United States -- History; Firearms ownership; United States; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781418551872; 1418551872
• Related ISBNs: 9781595550699; 1595550690; 9781595552846; 1595552847
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-256).; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.