When Friday 29 September, 18.30-20.00
Where The British Library Conference Centre
Price £8/£6/£5
http://www.bl.uk/events/the-winchester-an-american-icon
BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan explores the history of, and family behind the Winchester Rifle
The Winchester Rifle, the iconic gun made in New Haven, Connecticut, and sold in its hundreds of thousands around the world, mirrors American expansion at a key period in the young country’s history. The lethal repeating rifle became the defining image of America’s frontier – and was known amongst Native Americans as “the spirit gun”. It represented both the pioneering vigour and the brutal force which conquered the West.
Laura Trevelyan is a BBC journalist and descendent of the Winchester family. She is the author of The Winchester: Legend of the West (I.B.Tauris, September 2016).