Customer Reviews

Smith & Wesson (MA) (Images of America)

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This is an excellent little book that exceeded my expectations. I bought it for the photos but found the text to be very nice reading and informative. But it's the pictures of the plant, advertisements, and the people that make the book. You can't help but pick out a person and sit for fives minutes wondering what their life was like working at S&W. There are a couple of individuals that worked there for forty years!

Another thing that captures your thoughts is how free and different America was at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries. It's amazing to see the rows and rows of revolvers and think about how there was no government intrusion into their ownership like there is today. And, Gasp!, look at the ladies with their S&W revolvers! What a contrast to today's society.

This book is very well written with many many wonderful photographs. If you enjoy the history of firearms this book will delight you. Even if you are just interested in the times and how factories looked back then, no matter the product, you will find this book entertaining and worthy of reading.

This paperback book gives a pictoral insight into the history and workings of the Smith & Wesson factory and the people who worked there. It is not a reference book as such that would contain details of specific guns, etc. But, it takes us through the history with pictures probably never before published from private collections allowing us to visualize an important part of our American history. Thank you for writing it.

Paperback? Better to publish something this good in hardcover with larger pictures I think.

The history that is shown and written about in the book is interesting. It is a window to what has happened in the past.

. Interesting but not new information. Read the book in one night OK for someone just introduced to S&W. I expect more from Jinks