Who Invented the 'Wheelgun'?

• Page Count: 143

• Dimensions: Approximately 5.5 (width) x 8.5 (height) inches.

• The booklet is in Hardback form.

'Who Invented the Wheelgun'? collects several important historical sources in one convenient, high-quality hardcover book. Samuel Colt's important 1851 lecture on the history of "revolving arms" is presented next to articles from no less a personage than Charles Dickens, who visited Colt's London factory and wrote several articles on firearms, including revolvers. These key historical texts are reproduced alongside original commentary from Jonathan Ferguson and Ben Nicholson, as well as period illustration scanned at high resolution from original publications. It is the ideal companion volume to 'Clockwork Basilisk', but will also prove an engaging, standalone read.