01735cam a2200349 i 4500 1007013113 TxGeo 20231006120000.0 230331s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023008699 9780374103859 hbk. 0374103852 hbk. (OCoLC)1390193413 TxGeo rda Mcwhirter, Cameron, author. American gun : the true story of the AR-15 / Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson. First edition. New York, NY : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. 473 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "In the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer named Eugene Stoner invented the AR-15 rifle in a California garage. High-minded and patriotic, Stoner sought to devise a lightweight, easy-to-use weapon that could replace the M1s touted by soldiers in World War II. What he did create was a lethal handheld icon of the American century. [In this book, the authors] track the AR-15 from inception to ubiquity. How did the same gun represent the essence of freedom to millions of Americans and the essence of evil to millions more?"-- Provided by publisher. 20231016. Semi-automatic rifles History. AR-15 rifle History. Gun control United States History. Firearms and crime United States History. Elinson, Zusha, 1980-, author. QS5