Episode XII: Weapons of Every Description

The Pistols of Blood Meridian

1. “She’s a Stout Looker.”

In Chapter VII of Blood Meridian, the Gang rides to the outskirts of Chihuahua City where Glanton buys crates of new pistols from a Prussian arms dealer named Speyer. McCarthy provides the following description of these revolvers:

“Glanton opened the package and let it fall to the dirt. In his hand was a longbarreled sixshot Col…