Thunder in the Mountains: A Portrait of American Gun Culture

Craig K. Collins

Thunder in the Mountains: A Portrait of American Gun Culture
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Country
United States
Published
23 December 2014
Pages
272
ISBN
9781493003853

Thunder in the Mountains: A Portrait of American Gun Culture

Craig K. Collins

In this beautifully written and powerful memoir, author Craig K. Collins ushers readers down a remarkable path - one that wends from the American frontier to present-day suburbia. Along the way, he explores the meaning of a history - of his family’s and his country’s - that is infused with the culture of the gun. Stops include an Indian massacre at Bad Axe, the siege of Vicksburg, the slaughter of buffalo in Montana, and the discovery of gold in a remote Nevada canyon. The story begins on a hunting trip Collins took with his father and brothers in the early ‘70s, when he was accidentally shot with a high-powered deer rifle at the age of 13 near the top of an isolated peak in Northeastern Nevada. He tells a personal story of a childhood in Idaho and Nevada, where hunting is a way of life and guns are revered - often with fatal and unintended results. He recalls friends - past and present - whose lives have been forever shattered or altered by the explosive force of a bullet.

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