Pageant of the Gun, a Treasury of Stories of Firearms: Their Romance and Lore, Development, and Use Through Ten Centuries

Peterson. Harold L.

doubleday& co.

Well-written, carefully documented work, considered the best single-volume survey of the subject, covers two and a half centuries of firearms, ammunition, edged weapons, and armor and presents a vital picture of military life in early America. Over 300 illustrations.

Arms and Armor in Colonial America, 1526-1783

Science & Math

Dover Publications

Profusely illustrated, full-scale reference by a leading authority on edged weapons provides a clearly written historical analysis of the entire range of weapons used in hand-to-hand combat — from prehistoric flint knives and bronze daggers of 1000 BC to eared daggers of the mid-16th century and 19th-century British and American naval dirks. 108 halftones.

Daggers and Fighting Knives of the Western World

History

Military

The first book devoted exclusively to the subject, this invaluable volume will aid collectors, curators, historians. Enhanced with more than 400 illustrations from rare documents, the book classifies and describes all major types of swords worn by the U.S. armed forces, cadets, and diplomats since the American Revolution to the end of World War II.

The American Sword 1775-1945

The Book Of The Gun

Hamlyn

A practical handbook on the detection of fakes, for the antique collector and curator.  "Fake" in this book covers any object that is not of the period it might appear to be, not only deliberate intents to deceive but also honest reproductions which have lost their identity and ended up as originals with no thought of fraud on anyone's part.

How Do You Know It's Old?

MacMillan Publishing Company

Skilled scholarship, masterful storytelling, and detailed illustrations create this first comprehensive history of the 1539 to 1865 heady days when mounted guns were used in the field, seacoast, siege, and garrison warfare - the treasured cannon, the elite cannoneers, the battles lost and won, their part in shaping the past. With 57 full pages picturing the cannons themselves, their ammunition, implements, and instruments - including detailed cannon and carriage plans for model makers - in technically unique plates by Peter F. Copeland, Donald W. Holst, and Robert L. linger.

Round Shot and Rammers: An Introduction to Muzzle-Loading Land Artillery in the United States

Bonanza

A photographic guide with descriptions

American Indian Tomahawks

Rutgers Book Center

For 11 years, I was closely associated with the Cairo project, and I know how difficult it is to place the undertaking in its proper perspective and to dispassionately evaluate its historical significance. I was accordingly delighted to learn that Virgil Carrington Jones, who needs no introduction to readers interested in Civil War partisan operations and action afloat, had agreed to chronicle the story of the Cairo and her rendezvous with destiny on the Yazoo in December 1862; and that Harold L. Peterson, whose publications on arms and armament are legion, would survey, describe, and evaluate the thousands of artifacts recovered. Jones and Peterson, as the readers of this booklet will discover, have written of the Cairo and her treasure trove of artifacts with keen insight and understanding. Their accounts will spark the reader's interest, and, in conjunction with the salvaged objects themselves, lead to a better understanding of how bluejackets lived and fought in our Civil War. Edwin C. Bearss Chief Historian National Park Service

U.S.S. Cairo: The Story of a Civil War Gunboat

National Park Service

Jones, Virgil Carrington

Americas

University Press of the Pacific

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