Jan 23American Gun Book Talk in LaGrange, GA, on Feb. 10 Cameron McWhirter, co-author of American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15, will talk Feb. 10 at 1 p.m. at Pretty Good Books in LaGrange,...
Jan 7#OTD in 1959, Colt buys rights to the AR-15On January 7, 1959, the firearms maker Colt acquired manufacturing and sublicensing rights to the AR-15 and AR-10 rifle's gas...
Nov 8, 2023McWhirter at Texas Book Festival on Nov. 12 in AustinCameron McWhirter, co-author of American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15, will join prominent author/journalist/professor Jeff Sharlet...
Nov 8, 2023Five key insights from American Gun for "Next Big Idea Club" Panio Gianopoulous over at the Next Big Idea Club asked McWhirter and Elinson to present five key insights from American Gun: The True...
Sep 27, 2023The Atlantic publishes an essay adapted from American GunThe Atlantic published "The Creator of the AR-15 Didn’t See This Coming," an essay by Elinson and McWhirter adapted from American Gun:...
Sep 25, 2023New York Times Book Review calls American Gun "a magisterial work" Mike Spies, a senior staff writer at the Trace reviewed American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 for the NYTBR. He declared the book "a...
Sep 15, 2023Next Big Idea Club picks American GunAmerican Gun makes The Next Big Idea Club’s September 2023 list of "Must-Read Books."
Aug 6, 2023Oppenheimer on InventionThe first epigraph in our forthcoming American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 is from J. Robert Oppenheimer. We had no idea a movie...