SILK AND STEEL: WOMEN AT ARMS By R L Wilson - Hardcover VG+ SIGNED ASSOCIATION C
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- Objectstaat
- Vrijwel nieuw
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- Type
- Hardcover
- Signed By
- author
- Publication Name
- Random House
- Signed
- Yes
- ISBN-10
- 0375507612
- ISBN
- 9780375507618
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Book Sales, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0375507612
ISBN-13
9780375507618
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2291932
Product Key Features
Book Title
Silk and Steel : Women at Arms
Number of Pages
318 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Women, Military / Weapons, General
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
58.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
11.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2002-068211
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
683.4/0082
Synopsis
Silk and Steel: Women at Arms is the first comprehensive presentation on the subject of women and firearms. No object has had a greater impact on world history over the past 650 years than the firearm, and a surprising number of women have been keen on the subject: as shooters, hunters, collectors, engravers, and even gunmakers. From Queen Elizabeth I through her descendant Queen Elizabeth II, the numbers of aristocratic female arms enthusiasts, particularly shooters, have been impressive. Among those regal personages: Russia's Empresses Elizabeth and Catherine the Great, France's Marie Antoinette, and Great Britain's Duchess of Devonshire. In the New World, Thomas Jefferson's matched pair of Queen Annestyle flintlock pistols were made by London gunmaker Mary Dealtry. Pioneer American women took bold steps to defend home and hearth, and their courage earned them the right to vote in Western states, where hardiness and self-reliance were taken for granted. As Jefferson himself admonished: "[The gun gives] boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind." Many women were comfortable with firearms in early America, and among the world's most famous women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was Annie Oakley "Little Sure Shot." Turning back the clock to the time of Joan of Arc, R. L. Wilson shows how women have played a vital role in armed conflicts. For many centuries, women went to war sometimes in the guise of men without their comrades knowing that they were present. Increasingly, in our own era, there are female fighter pilots and cadets at West Point and at all the U.S. service academies. The 20012002 war in Afghanistan saw Northern Alliance women trained to fire AK-47s, some even shooting their Taliban tormentors. Expanding on a long tradition, in the postWorld War II period, millions of women and girls gravitated to sport shooting, including trap, skeet, and sporting clays, rifle and pistol target competitions, and the harvesting of game birds and even the dangerous big game of Africa. As evidenced in the writings of Ernest Hemingway, Robert Ruark, and Isak Dinesen, big game hunting in Africa was a favorite pursuit of many society women from Europe and the United States. Following the publication of this book, the Rosenbruch Wildlife Heritage Museum will mount a traveling exhibition exploring the theme of women and firearms. Firearms, clothing, and accessories will be accompanied by paintings, photographs, drawings, and prints, as well as numerous other artifacts, to depict and document a captivating subject never before examined in such depth. Silk and Steel joins the author's series on the history of firearms, which commenced in 1979 with The Colt Heritage and continued through such later titles as Colt: An American Legend, Winchester: An American Legend, The Peacemakers, Steel Canvas, Ruger and His Guns, Buffalo Bill's Wild West (with Greg Martin), and The World of Beretta. Silk and Steel includes more than three hundred color plates, with spectacular new collages by Peter Beard. The bibliography lists myriad works of reference, some centuries old, and is accompanied by a detailed index.
LC Classification Number
TS533.W57 2003
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