<p><b>¿A magisterial work of narrative history and original reportage . . . You can feel the tension building one cold, catastrophic fact at a time . . . A virtually unprecedented achievement.¿ ¿Mike Spies, <i>The New York Times Book Review </i>(Editors¿ Choice)</b><br><b><br>A <i>Washington Post </i>top 50 nonfiction book of 2023 Short-listed for the Z¿calo Book Prize</b><br><br><b>One of <i>The New York Times¿</i> 33 nonfiction books to read this fall One of <i>Esquire</i></b><b><i>¿</i></b><b>s best books of fall A <i>Kirkus Reviews </i>best nonfiction book of 2023</b><br><b><br>Named a most anticipated book of the fall by <i>The Washington Post</i>, <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, and </b><b><i>Bloomberg</i></b><br><b><i><br>American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 </i>presents the epic history of America¿s most controversial weapon.<br></b><br>In the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer named Eugene Stoner invented the AR-15 rifle in a California garage. High-minded and patrioti