By Charles Edward Chapel
ISBN-10: 1258477297
ISBN-13: 9781258477295
ISBN-10: 1620873621
ISBN-13: 9781620873625
Starting with an introductory bankruptcy at the origins of weapons and their earliest makes use of at the frontier, Chapel covers every thing from muskets to rifles, pistols to revolvers, and shotguns to martial palms. 3 complete chapters are devoted to the increase and fall of the recognized Deringer pistol. And up to Guns of the outdated West is an encyclopedic reference handbook, it’s additionally attention-grabbing old literature that frames the area during which those weapons have been used. Buffalo weapons and hunters are lined, besides martial hands of the post–Civil warfare period. The gun choice of recognized collector and hunter President Theodore Roosevelt is given its personal chapter.
Illustrated with approximately 500 illustrations, in addition to vital paintings from the Western interval from artists corresponding to Frederic Remington, Guns of the outdated West is a necessary paintings for gun creditors and American heritage enthusiasts.
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