SILK AND STEEL: WOMAN AT ARMS

Wilson, R.L.

ISBN 10: 0375507612 / ISBN 13: 9780375507618

Edité par Random House, 2003

A propos de cet article

320 pages. Hardcover with a dust jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Phenomenal. Hundreds of photographs and comprehensive text. 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 Anne-style flintlock pistols were made by London gunmaker Mary Dealtry. Pioneer American women took bold steps to defend home and heath, 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, the author 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 all of the U.S. service academies. Expanding on the long tradition, in the post-World 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. A fascinating book. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. N° de réf. du vendeur 5183

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : SILK AND STEEL: WOMAN AT ARMS

Éditeur : Random House

Date d'édition : 2003

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : New

Etat de la jaquette : New

Signé : Signed by Author

Edition : 1st Edition.

A propos de ce titre

Synopsis :

Book by Wilson RL