| Description |
ix, 260 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 x 32 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-253) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword: Willard Holmes -- Herbert G. Houze -- Acknowledgments: Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser -- A Connecticut Yankee courts the world / Carolyn C. Cooper -- Samuel Colt: arms, art, and invention / Herbert G. Houze -- Note for the reader -- Samuel Colt: arms, art and invention -- The development of firearms up to Samuel Colt's time -- From navigator to arms designer, 1814-1836 -- The Paterson era, 1836-1841 -- Samuel Colt in New York, 1841-1846 -- Hartford and success -- The emergence of the metallic cartridge era -- Counterfeits, infringements, and competitors -- The memorial collection assembled by Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt -- Samuel Colt's South Meadows armory -- Samuel Colt and the world -- Epilogue: no new thing under the sun -- George Catlin and the Colt Firearms Series / Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser -- Appendix One: Colt Family Tree -- Appendix Two: Patents, patent reissues, and caveats issued to Samuel Colt and Elisha K. Root. |
| Subject |
Colt firearms -- Exhibitions
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Colt, Samuel, 1814-1862.
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| Added Author |
Cooper, Carolyn C., 1934-
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Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin, 1950-
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Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.
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| Added Title |
Arms, art, and invention |
| ISBN |
0300111339 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780300111330 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0918333229 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780918333223 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2270848 |
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IG# 0300111339 |
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IG# 0918333229 |
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