Lethal Passage: The Story of a Gun

“Larson creates one of the most readable anti-gun treatises in years.”

—Washington Post Book World

“Shocking… compelling… Lethal Passage is a perfect blend of reporting and storytelling.”

—Detroit Free Press

“Larson touches on all aspects of the gun issue in this country…. There is a feeling in America that perhaps enough lives finally have been terminated or forever changed by the pull of a trigger. That something real must be done. Erik Larson gives great voice to that feeling.”

—San Diego Union-Tribune

“By tracing the path of a firearm that is worthless for hunting or target practice, we see how our nation’s laws have fallen out of sync with modern life…. Erik Larson shows us just what fearful legacy our national self-image is leaving our young.”

—Dallas Morning News