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- catalog abstract "This book recounts the story of gun manufacturer Samuel Colt and his wife, Elizabeth, who together turned a company into an empire and a name into a legend. It is a tale of two lives caught up in profound social and economic change, of a great fortune amassed and expended, of the rise of a new industry, and the transformation of an American city. Beginning with an account of Sam Colt's early failures as both inventor and businessman, William Hosley traces the development. In the pre-Civil War years of the notorious Colt revolver - "The Gun That Won the West"--Into the first truly global manufacturing export in U.S. history. At their peak, Colt armories in Hartford and London produced as many as 50,000 guns a year - part of a thriving, technologically advanced arms industry that made the Connecticut River Valley the "Silicon Valley" of the Victorian Age. Although Sam became an international celebrity and symbol of American enterprise, it. Was Elizabeth who made sure the Colt legacy would endure. Following her husband's premature death in 1862 and the subsequent destruction of the Hartford armory by fire, she rebuilt the factory and launched a forty-year campaign of civic memorialization. A patron of the arts, she endowed parks, museums, public statuary, and other memorials that glorified her family and earned her the status of "first lady" of Connecticut.".
- catalog contributor b9705730.
- catalog coverage "Hartford (Conn.) History.".
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Choice Outstanding Academic Books and Nonprint Materials".
- catalog description "In the pre-Civil War years of the notorious Colt revolver - "The Gun That Won the West"--Into the first truly global manufacturing export in U.S. history. At their peak, Colt armories in Hartford and London produced as many as 50,000 guns a year - part of a thriving, technologically advanced arms industry that made the Connecticut River Valley the "Silicon Valley" of the Victorian Age. Although Sam became an international celebrity and symbol of American enterprise, it.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-254).".
- catalog description "This book recounts the story of gun manufacturer Samuel Colt and his wife, Elizabeth, who together turned a company into an empire and a name into a legend. It is a tale of two lives caught up in profound social and economic change, of a great fortune amassed and expended, of the rise of a new industry, and the transformation of an American city. Beginning with an account of Sam Colt's early failures as both inventor and businessman, William Hosley traces the development.".
- catalog description "Was Elizabeth who made sure the Colt legacy would endure. Following her husband's premature death in 1862 and the subsequent destruction of the Hartford armory by fire, she rebuilt the factory and launched a forty-year campaign of civic memorialization. A patron of the arts, she endowed parks, museums, public statuary, and other memorials that glorified her family and earned her the status of "first lady" of Connecticut.".
- catalog extent "254 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Colt.".
- catalog identifier "1558490426 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "1558490434 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Colt.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press,".
- catalog relation "Colt.".
- catalog spatial "Connecticut Hartford".
- catalog spatial "Hartford (Conn.) History.".
- catalog subject "683.4/0092/2 B 20".
- catalog subject "Colt revolver History.".
- catalog subject "Colt, Samuel, 1814-1862.".
- catalog subject "Gunsmiths Connecticut Hartford Biography.".
- catalog subject "TS533.62.C65 H67 1996".
- catalog title "Colt : the making of an American legend / William Hosley.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".