John Bainbridge, Jr.

This riveting work of narrative history vividly brings to life five charismatic and idiosyncratic men who, living within ninety miles of one another, changed the course of history through the invention and refinement of the repeating firearm—the precursor to today's automatic weapon. These men are now household names: the huckster and hard-living Samuel Colt; the seemingly dull but cunning former...