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First Threshold Editions hardcover edition October 2018
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Harsanyi, David, author.
Title: First freedom : a ride through America’s enduring history with the gun, from the Revolution to today / David Harsanyi.
Description: New York : Threshold Editions, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2018014025 (print) | LCCN 2018015929 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501174025 (eBook) | ISBN 9781501174001 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Firearms—United States—History. | Firearms industry and trade—United States—History. | United States. Army—Firearms—History. | Firearms ownership—United States—History. | United States. Constitution. 2nd Amendment.
Classification: LCC TS533.2 (ebook) | LCC TS533.2 .H37 2018 (print) | DDC 338.4/768340973—dc23
CRLC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018014025
ISBN 978-1-5011-7400-1
ISBN 978-1-5011-7402-5 (ebook)