{"product_id":"the-winchester-the-gun-that-built-an-american-dynasty","title":"The Winchester: The Gun That Built an American Dynasty","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fascinating history of the family behind the popular firearm that changed America and the world  Arguably the worlds most famous firearm  the Winchester Repeating Rifle was sought after by a cast of characters ranging from the settlers of the American West to the Ottoman Empires Army. Laura Trevelyan  a descendant of the Winchester family  offers an engrossing personal history of the colorful New England clan responsible for the creation and manufacture of the Gun that Won the West. Trevelyan chronicles the rise and fortunes of a great American arms dynasty  from Oliver Winchesters involvement with the Volcanic Arms Company in 1855 through the turbulent decades of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She explores the evolution of an iconic  paradigm-changing weapon that has become a part of American culture; a longtime favorite of collectors and gun enthusiasts that has been celebrated in fiction  glorified in Hollywood  and applauded in endorsements from the likes of Annie Oakley  Theodore Roosevelt  Ernest Hemingway  and Native American tribesmen who called it \"the spirit gun.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984584634421,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300223382","price":32.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300223385.jpg?v=1770837957","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-winchester-the-gun-that-built-an-american-dynasty","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}