Revolver: Sam Colt and the Six-Shooter That Changed America BOTY_2025 In this powerful coming-of-age story

In this powerful coming-of-age story

What would such a man make of his own thought processes

and the threat of imprisonment and deportation growing ever more certain

the descendant of enslaved Georgians and tenant farmers-Ailey carries Du Bois's Problem on her shoulders

and his own meticulous research

Revolver: Sam Colt and the Six-Shooter That Changed America BOTY_2025 In this powerful coming-of-age storyA gripping, (Booklist) clear eyed, and honest (The New York Times Book Review) biography of Samuel Coltthe inventor of the legendary Colt revolver (a. k. a. six shooter)which changed the US forever, triggering the industrial revolution and the settlement of the American West. Patented in 1836, the Colt pistol with its revolving cylinder was the first practical firearm that could shoot more than one bullet without reloading. For many reasons, Colts gun