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Chargement... Thunder in the Mountains: A Portrait of American Gun Culturepar Craig K. Collins
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. The personal memoir of a man who was born and raised out west with his family deeply involved in the use and sometimes misuse of firearms. The central event for the author is when he was a teenager he accidentally shoots himself in the foot hunting and nearly dies.The book delves into the historical use of guns generally and among his family friends and acquaintances. My only problem with the book was the author occasionally veers off topic into rock and mountain climbing and a little too deeply into his early love life. Interesting but not relevant to his theme. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"In this beautifully written and powerful memoir, author Craig K. Collins ushers readers down a remarkable path--one that wends from the American frontier to present-day suburbia. Along the way, he explores the meaning of a history--of his family's and his country's--that is infused with the culture of the gun. Stops include an Indian massacre at Bad Axe, the siege of Vicksburg, the slaughter of buffalo in Montana, and the discovery of gold in a remote Nevada canyon. The story begins on a hunting trip Collins took with his father and brothers in the early '70s, when he was accidentally shot with a high-powered deer rifle at the age of 13 near the top of an isolated peak in northeastern Nevada. He tells a personal story of a childhood in Idaho and Nevada, where hunting is a way of life and guns are revered--often with fatal and unintended results. He recalls friends--past and present--whose lives have been forever shattered or altered by the explosive force of a bullet"-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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