Samuel Colt: Arms, Art, and Invention

Samuel Colt (1814-1862) First Patented His Colt Revolver In 1835 And Thereby Redefined The Architecture Of Handguns. This Book Is The First To Present In Detail The Evolution Of His Most Famous Invention And To Document The Unsurpassed Colt Firearms Collections Held By The Wadsworth Atheneum. Essays Discuss Colt's Personal Collection Of Historic Firearms As Well As The Memorial Collection Of Colt-manufactured Firearms, The Relationship Between Art And Commerce As They Pertain To The Inventor's Career, And His International Celebrity. This Volume Presents The Artistry Of The Firearms That Colt Worked So Diligently To Perfect - As Well As His Promotional Abilities That Made A Tremendous Impact On American Culture.--book Jacket. Foreword: Willard Holmes -- Herbert G. Houze -- Acknowledgments: Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser -- A Connecticut Yankee Courts The World / Carolyn C. Cooper -- Samuel Colt: Arms, Art, And Invention / Herbert G. Houze -- Note For The Reader -- Samuel Colt: Arms, Art And Invention -- The Development Of Firearms Up To Samuel Colt's Time -- From Navigator To Arms Designer, 1814-1836 -- The Paterson Era, 1836-1841 -- Samuel Colt In New York, 1841-1846 -- Hartford And Success -- The Emergence Of The Metallic Cartridge Era -- Counterfeits, Infringements, And Competitors -- The Memorial Collection Assembled By Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt -- Samuel Colt's South Meadows Armory -- Samuel Colt And The World -- Epilogue: No New Thing Under The Sun -- George Catlin And The Colt Firearms Series / Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser -- Appendix One: Colt Family Tree -- Appendix Two: Patents, Patent Reissues, And Caveats Issued To Samuel Colt And Elisha K. Root. Herbert G. Houze ; Edited By Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, With Essays And Entries By Carolyn C. Cooper And Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 252-253) And Index.