Sixty Seven Years In The Gun Trade: The Historical Accounts Of J.P. Lower

Sixty Seven Years In The Gun Trade is a biographical account of the life and times of John P Lower, Philadelphia and Denver gunsmith from 1850 until his death in 1917. It chronicles Lower's career trajectory, from apprentice gunsmith to traveling gun salesman to purveyor of the largest collection of firearms and equipment in the West It also touches on his relationships with the likes of Samuel Colt, Henry Deringer, Christian Sharps, Bat Masterson, Annie Oakley, Sitting Bull and other Famous and infamous personalities of the time that, like today, experience entrepreneurialism, capitalism, racial tension, greed and what we have come to know as "white collar crime". The book is an historic journey into the life of an unheralded but influential individual who, much like today's entrepreneurs, was adept at seeing and doggedly pursuing opportunities. Read more