Series: Misc
Genre: Other
ISBN: 0152928804
Pages: 105 pages
Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company
Price: 16.00
Reader Rating: 7 out of 10
Votes: 10
Genre: Other
ISBN: 0152928804
Pages: 105 pages
Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company
Price: 16.00
Reader Rating: 7 out of 10
Votes: 10
Description: In 1768 a gunsmith by the name of Cornish McManus built a rifle of such beauty and accuracy that it was revered and adored. This "sweet" rifle was the masterpiece, the life's work of Cornish, and he treasured it, knowing that he could never again create such a perfect weapon. But with a new wife to provide for, Cornish was pressed to sell the rifle...
... to John Byam, an unsettled man given to running the ridges and country of the West, where the rifle became the extension of a man. He, too, treasured the rifle, carrying it with him into battle, fighting for America's independence.
This sweet rifle - at the time so vital to survival, to putting food on the table, for defense, and for life - is passed down through the generations until it comes to a mechanic named Harv, who hangs it above his fireplace, where, through a series of coincidences, the rifle discharges.
With deadly accuracy, Gary Paulsen takes aim at the notion that "Guns don't kill people, people kill people."
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