First Freedom, David Harsanyi
First Freedom, David Harsanyi
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First Freedom
A Ride Through America's Enduring History with the Gun

Author: David Harsanyi

Narrator: Danny Campbell

Unabridged: 10 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/02/2018


Synopsis

From “one of America’s smartest political writers” (Glenn Beck) comes a fascinating and accessible history of the United States’ unique and enduring relationship with guns, for fans of Chris Kyle’s American Gun.

For America, the gun is a story of innovation, power, violence, character, and freedom.

From the founding of the nation to the pioneering of the West, from the freeing of the slaves to the urbanization of the twentieth century, our country has had a complex and lasting relationship with firearms. Now, in First Freedom, nationally syndicated columnist and veteran writer David Harsanyi explores the ways in which firearms have helped preserve our religious, economic, and cultural institutions for over two centuries. From Samuel Colt’s early entrepreneurism to the successful firearms technology that helped make the United States a superpower, the gun is inextricably tied to our exceptional rise.

In the vein of popular histories like Salt and Seabiscuit, Harsanyi takes you on a captivating and thrilling ride of Second Amendment history that demonstrates why guns are not only an integral part of America’s past, but also an essential part of its future.

About David Harsanyi

David Harsanyi is a senior editor at The Federalist, one of the leading conservative/libertarian web magazines in the nation. Harsanyi is a nationally syndicated columnist and the author of three books, including First Freedom.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brook

[Note: the Goodreads blurb is clearly written (wherever it first showed up) to appeal to more conservative readers, in the hopes of capturing that audience. This book does not fall along any sort of political extremist line. I have no doubt that pro-2A readers (of which I am one) will find it intere......more

Goodreads review by Jacob

I dare you to read this book. I learned 3 critical things that were fascinating. 1: I learned a lot about firearm innovation. The key inventions and ideas that allowed firearms to progress and become what they are today. While I knew some of the pieces of the puzzle; this book lays it out very clearl......more

Goodreads review by Thomas

This is a easy to read book full of great history on the development of firearms in general and American guns and shooters in particular. David Harsanyi is an outstanding story-teller. He keeps the reader engrossed in the narrative from the time French explorer Samuel de Champlain's first harquebus......more

Goodreads review by Richard

Good history lesson The chances of a law abiding gun owner to break a law is so small yet are the ones always targeted by the gun grabbers. But what gun grabbers never want to discuss are things like the destruction of the family, proper education of gun ownership and most importantly GOD. Someone ki......more

Goodreads review by Reed

A history with a slant on the "gun" as the central figure. Starting with ancient writings regarding the discovery and use of gun powder by the Chinese (led to the fire works industry) and other cultures then focusing on early American history of musket bearing blunderbusses of the Pilgrims, the revo......more