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Guns on the Early Frontiers
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From Colonial Times to the Years of the Western Fur Trade
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Artikel-Nr:
9780486140230
Veröffentl:
2012
Einband:
EPUB
Seiten:
432
Autor:
Carl P. Russell
Serie:
Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
Reflowable EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Thoroughly 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.
This thoroughly documented, authoritative, and highly readable book not only details the weapons used during the settlement and westward expansion of America but also describes their use by fur traders, trappers, soldiers, and Native Americans. The result is a lively historical examination of the momentous events that were strongly influenced by the gun trade.
The text is augmented and enriched throughout with clearly identified illustrations of everything from antique muskets, flintlocks, repeating rifles, and howitzers to bullet molds, powder horns, and other firearm accessories.
“An outstanding contribution to firearms literature. It sets its own standard.”— The New York Times.
“For collectors, museum curators, archaeologist-historians, this book is — in its field — an essential contribution.” —Kirkus.
“A Glossary of Gun Terms, ample footnotes most skillfully arranged, and illustrations … complement the text which achieves the miracle of scholarship without tedium.” —San Francisco Chronicle.
The text is augmented and enriched throughout with clearly identified illustrations of everything from antique muskets, flintlocks, repeating rifles, and howitzers to bullet molds, powder horns, and other firearm accessories.
“An outstanding contribution to firearms literature. It sets its own standard.”— The New York Times.
“For collectors, museum curators, archaeologist-historians, this book is — in its field — an essential contribution.” —Kirkus.
“A Glossary of Gun Terms, ample footnotes most skillfully arranged, and illustrations … complement the text which achieves the miracle of scholarship without tedium.” —San Francisco Chronicle.
Chapter I Arming the American Indian
The French Trade in Guns
The Dutch and the Swedes
The Bid Made by Spain
The English Trade
Effects of the American Revolution upon the Distribution of Guns to Indians
Indian Guns in the United States
Chapter II Personal Weapons of the Traders and Trappers
Muskets
Blunderbusses
Rifles
Pistols
Gunsmiths and Gunsmithing
Chapter III Trade Muskets and Rifles Supplied to the Indians
The Trade Gun
Rifles Supplied to Indians
Chapter IV Military Arms of the Fur-Trade Period
Military Muskets
Musketoons and Carbines
United States Rifles
United States Pistols
Chapter V Powder, Ball, and Accessories
Gunpowder
Powder Containers
Leaden Missiles
Gunflints
Percussion Caps
Cartridges
Cartridge Boxes
Gun Worms
Chapter VI Small Cannon of the Traders and the Military
Swivel Guns
Small Cannon Mounted on Boats
Swivel Guns of the Musket Type
Wheeled Cannon in the Fur Fields
Frémont's Cannon
Cannon in the Wilderness Forts
Acknowledgments
Finding List
Notes
Glossary of Gun Terms
Bibliography
Index
The French Trade in Guns
The Dutch and the Swedes
The Bid Made by Spain
The English Trade
Effects of the American Revolution upon the Distribution of Guns to Indians
Indian Guns in the United States
Chapter II Personal Weapons of the Traders and Trappers
Muskets
Blunderbusses
Rifles
Pistols
Gunsmiths and Gunsmithing
Chapter III Trade Muskets and Rifles Supplied to the Indians
The Trade Gun
Rifles Supplied to Indians
Chapter IV Military Arms of the Fur-Trade Period
Military Muskets
Musketoons and Carbines
United States Rifles
United States Pistols
Chapter V Powder, Ball, and Accessories
Gunpowder
Powder Containers
Leaden Missiles
Gunflints
Percussion Caps
Cartridges
Cartridge Boxes
Gun Worms
Chapter VI Small Cannon of the Traders and the Military
Swivel Guns
Small Cannon Mounted on Boats
Swivel Guns of the Musket Type
Wheeled Cannon in the Fur Fields
Frémont's Cannon
Cannon in the Wilderness Forts
Acknowledgments
Finding List
Notes
Glossary of Gun Terms
Bibliography
Index