Gun Barons
by John Bainbridge, Jr.
Pub Date: May 24, 2022
St.Martin's Press
Thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for this enlightening and interesting ARC.
John Bainbridge, Jr.'s Gun Barons is a narrative history of six charismatic and idiosyncratic men who changed the course of American history through the invention and refinement of repeating weapons. This book brings to life the history of firearms and the men and families who invented them. From Colt, Remington, Smith, Wesson, Spencer, Henry, and Winchester. The book explained how firearms shaped the history of the USA ending at the end of the American Civil War. The book also discusses the history that played out during that time when those men developed their brands of firearms.
I recommend this book!
4 stars

Guns are part of our American history and this book takes a look at those who influenced the industry. No matter how you feel about guns today, this is a significant part of the industrial history of our country and these are the people who mattered.

Gun Barons: The Weapons That Transformed America and the Men Who Invented Them was an interesting read. I give it four stars.

John Bainbridge Jr.'s Gun Baron's: The Weapons That Transformed America and The Men Who Invented Them Review was not what I expected. I was expecting an account of the major gun inventors and how they came about their inventions but was surprised that there was far more detail about the information that I thought was unnecessary. There was too much information regarding the families and not enough about the inventor and his gun invention. Though there was very much information and extremely detailed.