Thunder in the mountains : a personal journey through America's gun culture /
Collins, Craig K., 1960-
Thunder in the mountains : a personal journey through America's gun culture / Craig K. Collins. - 259pages 24cm
Includes bibliographical references.
"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"--
9781493003853 (hardback)
2014015142
Collins, Craig K., 1960- --Childhood and youth.
Collins, Craig K., 1960- --Family.
Firearms--Social aspects--History.--United States
Firearms ownership--History.--United States
Hunting--Social aspects--History.--United States
Violence--History.--United States
Firearms accidents--History.--United States
Deer hunting--Nevada.
Firearms accidents--Nevada.
Hunting--Social aspects--West (U.S.)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society.
TS533.2 / .C65 2014
683.400973
Thunder in the mountains : a personal journey through America's gun culture / Craig K. Collins. - 259pages 24cm
Includes bibliographical references.
"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"--
9781493003853 (hardback)
2014015142
Collins, Craig K., 1960- --Childhood and youth.
Collins, Craig K., 1960- --Family.
Firearms--Social aspects--History.--United States
Firearms ownership--History.--United States
Hunting--Social aspects--History.--United States
Violence--History.--United States
Firearms accidents--History.--United States
Deer hunting--Nevada.
Firearms accidents--Nevada.
Hunting--Social aspects--West (U.S.)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society.
TS533.2 / .C65 2014
683.400973