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The real life of a legend is often exaggerated by myth stories about a person made larger than life through the fanciful mind of a storyteller, an exuberant author, or even conjecture on the part of a historian. Over time these stores seem to become fact rather than myth. In the case of inventor Samuel Colt though, he was propelled to American legend not by myth but by an act of fraud and cover-up that helped alter the course of the inventor's career and set his sails toward the Isle of Legend. Sam Colt may be known for his invention of the Colt revolving pistol, but he is also the center of a decade long investigation to find the truth about a one hundred and fifty year old mystery. What the author uncovers is the never before told story of fraud committed by the inventor during the manufacture of his first revolving pistol contract. The Ghost of Sam Colt takes a close look at the legal entanglement endured by Colt as he struggles to bring his invention to life in this

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