This is the official, accept-no-substitutes, gleamingly 21st century Facebook page of Alexander Rose, the historian and author of "American Rifle: A Biography" and "Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring."
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- The Lincoln-Spencer Target Board -- FOUND! 10:17am Oct 23
- The Page 99 Test 6:43pm Jul 17
- The Apostles of Clean Fighting: Who Put the Rifle Into the National Rifle Association? 6:31pm Jul 17
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NRA VisitCreated about 4 months ago
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In "American Rifle," following every other source on this matter, I wrote that the target board Lincoln used to test the new experimental Spencer rifle on the White House grounds had been lost in the decades following the president's gift of it to Christopher Spencer, the rifle's inventor...
Alexander Rose Dept. of Corrections: In "American Rifle," I wrote -- following every other source -- that the target Lincoln used during the Civil War to test the new Spencer rifle (alongside its inventor) had subsequently been lost. I have now (happily) been corrected. It was actually just wrongly catalogued and is now on display. See my Note for more on this topic.
Alexander Rose I just noticed that one of our finest magazines, "American Rifleman," just posted my article on "Lincoln's Rifles." The print edition is a-coming out soon -- which has all the pretty pictures.
Source: americanrifleman.org
Alexander Rose Good News: I just received a box of the new paperback edition of American Rifle -- coming out on September 29. We've corrected a few errors and added some nice blurbs (from Michael Korda, American Rifleman, National Review, and a few others). Speaking of blurbs, I'm rather glad the book didn't get one from this guy . . .
Source: thelede.blogs.nytimes.com
While Oprah's seal of approval on a book cover is sought after, the authors of three books apparently recommended by Osama bin Laden this week might now be wishing that the leader of Al Qaeda had kept his admiration for their work quiet.
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I'm reading William Dietrich's novel Napoleon's Pyramids, about an American adventurer named Ethan Gage. It's not bad, and there are some nice, loving descriptions of his Kentucky rifle. A few anachronisms, however, do leap from the text: Though set in 1798, Gage calls himself a "sharpshooter" -- a Civil War phrase. In... reality, he would be termed a "rifleman," the use of a rifle being synonymous with fine shooting.Read More
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I just found this transcription of a radio interview I did some time ago about "American Rifle." I've noticed that there are several mistakes in it -- for example, nowhere do I claim that riflemen "won" the American Revolution, and in the book I say that the M14 was the last of the old Springfield guns -- but you might... nevertheless find it interesting. (P.S. There's some great sound effects in the audio version.)Read More
Source: www.npr.org
A new book traces American history — though the sight of a gun. Alexander Rose, author of American Rifle: A Biography, and host Andrea Seabrook visit a shooting range to tell the story.
Alexander Rose I don't actually own a car (hey, I use the subway and my legs to get around), but if I were to buy one I would certainly buy it from these guys. That said, they should be offering American rifles for American cars, but I'll lay off that for the moment. (By the way, some of the Comments are pretty funny.)
Source: wheels.blogs.nytimes.com
Last year, we wrote about Max Motors, the car dealership in Butler, Mo., that offered buyers the option of getting a $250 coupon for gas or a $250 coupon for a handgun. Now Max Motors is offering vouchers for AK-47s.
Alexander Rose New article posted from Invention & Technology. It has nothing to with rifles but everything to do with the invention of radar before the Battle of Britain.
Source: alexrose.wordpress.com
Blog of Alexander Rose, Historian and Writer
"Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you." --Ford Madox Ford. Marshal Zeringue at Page99Test kindly asked that I undergo the famous ordeal dreaded by all writers. Here's what I submitted...
Alexander Rose New note up on the origins of the NRA . . . Have a look below.
Why is the National Rifle Association called the National Rifle Association? It seems an odd choice considering the organization’s commitment to the Second Amendment, which refers broadly to “arms,” not rifles, that require keeping and bearing. Woul...
Alexander Rose Interesting story in the Wall Street Journal about the guy who supplies all the prop-weapons for the flicks.
Source: online.wsj.com
When Hollywood needs a gun, it calls SoHo-based weapons specialist Rick Washburn.
