Guns on the Early Frontiers
Author: Carl Parcher Russell
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 1980-01-01
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9780803238572
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Carl Parcher Russell
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 1980-01-01
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9780803238572
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Carl P. Russell
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-03-08
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 0486140237
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →DIVThoroughly documented reference identifies guns used in America during eastern settlement and westward expansion. The highly readable survey describes those who used and sold weapons as well as those who made them. 58 rare illustrations. /div
Author: Carl P. Russell
Publisher:
Published: 2023-08
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781616465636
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: T. M. Hamilton
Publisher: Pioneer Press
Published: 1987-11-01
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780913150610
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: M. L. Brown
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
Published: 1980-11-17
Total Pages: 472
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Chris Kyle
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2013-06-04
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 0062242733
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING FOLLOW-UP TO AMERICAN SNIPER Join Chris Kyle on a journedy to discover “how 10 firearms changed United States history” (New York Times Book Review) Drawing on his legendary firearms knowledge and combat experience, U.S. Navy SEAL and #1 bestselling author of American Sniper Chris Kyle dramatically chronicles the story of America—from the Revolution to the present—through the lens of ten iconic guns and the remarkable heroes who used them to shape history: the American long rifle, Spencer repeater, Colt .45 revolver, Winchester 1873 rifle, Springfield M1903 rifle, M1911 pistol, Thompson submachine gun, M1 Garand, .38 Special police revolver, and the M16 rifle platform Kyle himself used. American Gun is a sweeping epic of bravery, adventure, invention, and sacrifice. Featuring a foreword and afterword by Taya Kyle and illustrated with more than 100 photographs, this new paperback edition features a bonus chapter, “The Eleventh Gun,” on shotguns, derringers, and the Browning M2 machine gun.
Author: Louis A. Garavaglia
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is the second volume of a two-part encyclopedic reference to firearms in the 19th-century American West, offering both technical information and historical narrative. Covering the period from the close of the Civil War to the modern period, it draws on advertisements from newspapers, catalogues, and other primary sources to discuss the military and civilian firearms used in the settling of the West, including rifles, shotguns, and handguns, as well as the guns used by the Native Americans. Illustrated with some 500 photographs of the weapons and of the people who used them. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: David J. Silverman
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2016-10-10
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 0674974743
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →David Silverman argues against the notion that Indians prized flintlock muskets more for their pyrotechnics than for their efficiency as tools of war. Native peoples fully recognized the potential of firearms to assist them in their struggles against colonial forces, and mostly against one another, as arms races erupted across North America.