John Moses Browning - Book

I looking for a good biography of:
John Moses Browning

gunsmith, inventor
Born: 1/21/1855
Birthplace: Ogden, Utah
Died: 11/26/1926

I haven’t been able to find anything useful at Amazon or Barnes&Noble, so I’m turning to you Dopers. Any suggestions would be helpful.

Thanks.

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You might want to contact the writers of this page and ask where they got their biographical info on JMB. http://members.aol.com/selfnet/browning.htm

John M. Browning Memorial Museum, Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill. 61201.

The above is the address to the museum.
The site below has a book about Browning’s over and under but it doesn’t look like there is much biographical material on the man himself. I’d write the museum.
http://www.booktrail.com/Guns_Shotguns/brsuperp.asp

No idea as to quality, but a search of OCLC’s WorldCat pulled up 10 titles; some were children’s books and videos, etc. but 2 of the most promising:

Gene Gangarosa
FN…Browning, armorer to the world
Stoeger Pub. Co., Wayne, NJ 1999
334 p.; ill.
42704630

John B. Browning
John M. Browning, American gunmaker: an illustrated biography of the man and his guns, 2nd. ed.
Browning Publishing, 1994
390 p; ill.
34773949

Will look a bit more, to see if there are additional titles and pin down availability.
But for the nonce, hope this helps.

Veb

You guys rock. That’ll do it. Thanks.

Now that I have a title, John M. Browning, American gunmaker: an illustrated biography of the man and his guns, I was able to find a used copy at Barnes&Noble. A bit expensive, $70, but I think it should be well worth it.

Thanks again. I owe y’all a beer.


Easy one-step assembly instructions.
Pour Beer A in Uncle B.

UncaBeer, you’re scarin’ me.

Ummm, why does this scare you Elelle?


Easy one-step assembly instructions.
Pour Beer A in Uncle B.