Sparkling Stars #17
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis issue is an anthology containing at least three stories. "The Game for the Champion-Ship" features Speed, a basketball player competing in a championship game who is injured but continues playing, ultimately winning with a final score of American Cadets 27, Escuela Nueva 23. A second story involves Ali and a professor attempting to build a better mousetrap using dynamite and T.N.T., but the experiment backfires and explodes. A third story presents a lecture on the science of firearms in London, covering historical information about firearms manufacturing during the American Civil War and detailing the invention and mechanics of Colt's famous six-shooter revolver used by Texas Rangers.
Samuel Colt's journey from a seven-year-old tinkerer to the inventor of the revolver unfolds through ambitious experiments, maritime inspiration, and determined manufacturing—tracing how his revolving-cylinder design transformed firearms and the American frontier. From his early brush with explosive failure on Ware Pond through partnerships with industry leaders and ultimately supplying guns for wars and armies, Colt's relentless innovation created a weapon so enduring it remains in production decades after his death in 1862. This non-fiction account celebrates the romance and ingenuity behind one of history's most consequential inventions.
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