GUNS OF OUTLAWS, by Gerry and Janet Souter. ©2014. Published by Zenith Press, 400 First Avenue North, Suite 400, Minneapolis, MN 55401. Hard cover, 272 pages, Price $30.’
This well illustrated book traces the guns carried in America by some infamous characters from Colonial times to recent history.
It details the handguns, rifles, shotguns and machineguns chosen by various outlaws and explores the reasons for their choices. Of course there are the famous bad-guy cow-pokes of the 19th century, but there are also such modern outlaws such as Bonnie and Clyde Barrow and John Dillinger.
This is one that helps explain the choices of people who have tended to give guns a bad name, including such infamous gunmen as John Wesley Hardin. Along the way, you’ll also learn about the relationships between the “good guys” and the bad.
