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Mar 12

Nieman Reports: McWhirter on the writing of American Gun

In the latest issue of Nieman Reports, Cameron McWhirter writes about why he and co-author Zusha Elinson, both U.S. news reporters for...

Mar 10

Thank You Tucson Festival of Books

Crowds of eager, thoughtful readers, fascinating authors working in a wide range of genres, and wonderful weather -- all unfolding in...

Mar 6

McWhirter @ Tucson Festival of Books this weekend

Looking forward to this weekend's Tucson Festival of Books! On Saturday morning (March 9), at 10 a.m., I'll join a panel w/ Jennifer...

Feb 28

American Gun shortlisted for a J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize

We're thrilled that American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 has been shortlisted for a J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize. The prize is given...

Feb 21

American Gun is a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist

American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 has been chosen as a finalist for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize. McWhirter and Elinson are...

Feb 20

American Gun authors on "Burned By Books" podcast

Chris Holmes, chair of the English department at Ithaca College and host of the popular "Burned By Books" podcast, had Zusha Elinson and...

Feb 11

THANK YOU, LAGRANGE

Thanks to Pretty Good Books, a great bookstore in beautiful building (an old church and former funeral home) in downtown LaGrange,...

Jan 7

#OTD in 1959, Colt buys rights to the AR-15

On January 7, 1959, the firearms maker Colt acquired manufacturing and sublicensing rights to the AR-15 and AR-10 rifle's gas...

Jan 6

Jan. 6 and the AR-15

#OTD The Jan. 6th riot took place at the nation's Capitol in 2021. As described in American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15, the AR-15...

Dec 16, 2023

Library Journal reviews Audiobook of "meticulously researched" American Gun

Library Journal has reviewed the audiobook of American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15, read by Roger Wayne, declaring the work...

Nov 26, 2023

American Gun sighted in bookstores across the country

Thanks to everyone sending photos of American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 sighted on the shelves of bookstores across the country,...

Nov 19, 2023

Kirkus Reviews picks American Gun for its list of the best nonfiction of 2023

The prestigious Kirkus Reviews has chosen American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 as on of the top ten nonfiction books of 2023....

Nov 16, 2023

McWhirter talks American Gun on C-SPAN BookTV panel at Texas Book Festival

Cameron McWhirter spoke at the Texas Book Festival on a panel with author/journalist Jeff Sharlet and Texas Tribune Editor-in-Chief...

Nov 10, 2023

Vietnamese propaganda photo shows M16 (military AR-15)

This photograph from 1972 shows a woman Vietnamese Communist fighter carrying a U.S.-made M16, the military select-fire version of the...

Nov 10, 2023

C-SPAN creates American Gun educational material

McWhirter and Elison spoke with author Paul Barrett on C-SPAN's BookTV about American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15. You can watch it...

Nov 8, 2023

McWhirter at Texas Book Festival on Nov. 12 in Austin

Cameron McWhirter, co-author of American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15, will join prominent author/journalist/professor Jeff Sharlet...

Nov 8, 2023

Five 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...

Nov 8, 2023

The National Book Review Picks American Gun as one of its "Five hot Books"

The National Book Review, an online journal about new books with leading journalists and critics as contributors, has chosen American...

Nov 1, 2023

Lewiston Shooter used an Ar-10 rifle, similar to the AR-15 and also invented by Eugene Stoner

The perpetrator of the horrific mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, does not appear to have used an AR-15 in his attacks, but instead an...

Nov 1, 2023

Guardian interviews McWhirter + Elinson about American Gun

Abené Clayton interviewed Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson, authors of American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15, about the gun and...

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