AMERICAN GUN
The True Story of the AR-15
“[A] magisterial work of narrative history and original reportage."
—The New York Times Book Review
“A riveting exploration of the cost of the nation’s fascination with an iconic weapon.”
— Kirkus starred review
“[R]iveting history....This book is not to be missed."
—Esquire
“An indispensable read.”
—THe Guardian
AUTHORS
McWhirter is a national reporter for The Wall Street Journal, based in Atlanta. He is the author of Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America. He graduated from Hamilton College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. He has been a Thomas J. Watson fellow in East Africa and a Nieman fellow at Harvard University.
Elinson is a national reporter for The Wall Street Journal, based in California, who writes about guns and violence. He grew up on a dirt road in upstate New York, graduated from St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and worked as a chimney sweep. Elinson has also written for the Center for Investigative Reporting and The New York Times Bay Area section.
The two received MacDowell fellowships to complete this book.
Photo by Joann Vitelli.
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