American Rifle: A Biography by Alexander Rose torrent

American Rifle A Biography
by Alexander Rose

Description:
George Washington insisted that his portrait be painted with one. Daniel Boone created a legend with one. Abraham Lincoln shot them on the White House lawn. And Teddy Roosevelt had his specially customized.

In this first-of-its-kind book, historian Alexander Rose delivers a colorful, engrossing biography of an American icon: the rifle. Drawing on the words of foot soldiers, inventors, and presidents, based on extensive new research, and spanning from the Revolution to the present day, American Rifle is a balanced, wonderfully entertaining history of the rifle and its place in American culture.

Amazon.com link:
http://www.amazon.com/American-Rifle-Biography-Alexander-Rose/dp/0553384384/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1356350456&sr=8-3-fkmr1&keywords=z+American+Rifle%3A+A+Biography+by+Alexander+Rose

About the Author:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Rose_(author)