NRA: An American Legend - Hardcover

Rodengen, Jeffrey L.; Maysonet, Melody

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0945903812 ISBN 13: 9780945903819

Publisher: Write Stuff Enterprises Inc, 2002

Synopsis

The history of the National Rifle Association explores the right of Americans to keep and bear arms from its inception in New York city in 1871 to the present.

About this title

About the Author:

Jeff was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and grew up in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, which accounts for an early interest in outdoor sports. Following a tenure as the assistant director of the Naval and Underseas Museum in Newport, Rhode Island, Jeff migrated to Southern California, beginning a remarkable 15 year career as a writer, producer and director in Hollywood. Attending six colleges and universities along the way, Jeff earned degrees in psychology and engineering. Having written, produced or directed nearly 30 films, network television specials (six for Arnold Schwartzenegger), Las Vegas revues and Broadway productions, Jeff moved to Florida in the early 1980's to write about the evolution of American industry and technology

As the editor of Southern Star Magazine, then Florida's largest circulation magazine, Jeff began to syndicate his business, technology and industrial history columns, ultimately reaching nearly two million readers a month. His specialties included advanced technology, American industrial history, contemporary business strategies, corporate biography, corporate ethics and principles of business leadership.

The writer of hundreds of technical and general interest articles, Jeff has authored 74 books on American industry and technology and has been honored with four Pulitzer Prize nominations. Among his best selling works are: The Legend of Chris-Craft, and IRON FIST: The Lives of Carl Kiekhaefer, which reached national best seller lists.

Energetically promoting his books, Jeff signed more than 8,500 volumes of his bestseller, Serving the Silent Service: The Legend of Electric Boat in three cities in four days. In a single year, Jeff has signed more than 50,000 books throughout the world.

With books approaching 3,000,000 in print, Jeff has authored the definitive works on many of America's leading corporations and organizations including Pfizer, Mercury Marine, Cessna, Goodyear, Dr. Pepper/Seven-Up, York, Ingersoll-Rand, IBP, The Stanley Works, Haliburton, Honeywell, Amdahl, Advanced Micro Devices, Litton, Rowan, Worthington, Trinity, American Standard, Gulfstream, Bertram and most recently, the National Rifle Association. Additionally, Jeff collaborated with eminent cardiothoracic surgeon, Larry Stephensen,M.D. on State of the Heart: A Practical Guide to your Heart and Heart Surgery.

As the most highly regarded author on the evolution of modern industry and technology, Jeff's books have been reviewed by more than four hundred publications world-wide, and makes frequent appearances on national television and radio talk shows. Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, his company, Write Stuff Enterprises, Inc., is the world's leading publisher of works on the evolution of industry and technology. Its mission is to bring to life, in full-color coffee table style books, the compelling stories of the great corporations,associations, and institutions that have revolutionized the world around us.

From Publishers Weekly:

NRA membership has roughly quadrupled over the last 25 years, boasts NRA: An American Legend, an illustrated history of the organization that celebrates its leaders, political activities and advertising campaigns since the organization was chartered in 1871. Author and columnist Jeffrey L. Rodengen (The Legend of Halliburton) covers such subjects as the evolution of rifle and pistol design; the role of NRA's magazine, American Rifleman, in reporting on WWII; and the birth of gun control legislation under Lyndon Johnson ("NRA's darkest days"). The book is filled with photographs and sidebars that spotlight various eminent riflemen such as sharpshooter Elizabeth Servaty Topperwein, the first female NRA member. Foreword by Tom Clancy.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Write Stuff Enterprises Inc
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0945903812
• ISBN 13: 9780945903819
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304