About this title: Describes weapons used by criminals, police, soldiers, terrorists, and hunters, and briefly traces the development of firearms and explosives.
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Description: NEW/Trade pb. Detailed, accurate weapons info for writers. Focuses on those kinds of guns favored by criminals. With appendix material and stats this issue. New, unmarked, unused copy, very clean and bright and straight. Writer's Digest trade pb, 186 pp read more
Description: Very Good. 089879370X. [6], 186 pages, pictorial wrappers, very good. From School Library Journal: "For budding writers, particularly those who have ambitions in the mystery genre, these two books will be useful starting points. Armed and Dangerous aids in avoiding those embarassing historical and descriptive gaffes regarding firearms and explosives. It will be a frustration, however, for writers who need information on a specific gun and its associated effects, although the appendixes on ... read more
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Some underlining in work. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 186 p. Howdunit Writing. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. GOOD with average wear to cover and pages. We offer a no-hassle guarantee on all our items. Orders generally ship by the next business day. Default Text. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
Date Published: 08/11/1990
ISBN-13:9780898793703ISBN:089879370X
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
"Serious misnomer -- this book is actually about firearms, not the broad category of "weapons." If the title had been more specific, I would have rated it higher; it's a good resource for those of us who aren't that familiar with firearms as a subject."
"This was also good, if a tad breezy in its survey of personal firearms in America since the 19th Century, with some inaccuracies pointed out in the marginalia of my library copy. Nonetheless, Newton hammers home, pun intended, why any crime writer worth his or her salt needs to do the research first before embarking on descriptions of these deadly tools. Plus, this book is a great introduction to the history of firearms in this country."
"Nothing can blow an author's credibility in the reader's eyes like anachronistic or inaccurate information in a story, and a lot of readers of crime fiction know their guns - I remember reading a novel and being jolted right out of the story and back into my living room when the author had a character load a "clip" into a revolver. I almost put the book down without finishing the story. If you write fiction involving the use of weapons, it's important to know how to describe them and their workings, and if you don't have that knowledge from personal experience, this book or another like it is a needed tool in your toolbox."
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