Guns of the Old West: An Illustrated Guide - Brossura

Chapel, Charles Edward

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486421619 ISBN 13: 9780486421612

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2003

Riassunto

Firearms played an important role on the American frontier. Used to hunt animals for food and clothing, they also safeguarded one’s home against outlaws and other hostile elements. This definitive, scrupulously researched work describes and illustrates the many different weapons that opened up and secured the American West. Enhanced with colorful anecdotes, the vividly detailed narrative tells the dramatic story of shoulder arms, hand guns, percussion and cartridge weapons, and describes the hunters, settlers, peace officers, stagecoach drivers, soldiers, range detectives, rustlers, outlaws, Indian chiefs, and other picturesque characters who used them.
Here are detailed descriptions and illustrations of the Kentucky rifle that saw battle in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812; the repeating rifle used in the Civil War; the Sharps rifle that wreaked havoc during the great buffalo hunts; the Colt revolver, used by cowboys and outlaws alike; the fast and reliable Winchester rifle, the most widely used shoulder arm of the post-Civil War era; as well as flintlock pistols, derringers, muskets, buffalo guns, carbines, signal pistols, Confederate revolvers, and many other celebrated firearms.
Illustrated with nearly 500 photographs and line illustrations, this classic reference will not only be invaluable to dealers and collectors but will also appeal to Americana devotees, weaponry enthusiasts, and students of the American West.

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Contenuti:

Foreword I How Guns Began II The Kentucky Rifle and Pistol Head West III Flintlock Pistols on the Frontier IV "Musket, Rifle and Carbine: American Martial Shoulder Arms" V Pepperboxes: Percussion and Cartridge VI Pocket-sized Death: Development of the Famous Deringer VII "The Voice of the Derringer: Imitations, Counterfeits, and Competitors of Deringer's Pocket Pistol" VIII Twilight of the Derringer: Breech-loading Cartridge Types; the Derringer in Transition IX Captain Walker's Gun-Hunt: Early Colt Revolvers X Martial Percussion Hand Guns on the Frontier: U.S. Martial and Secondary Martial Pistols and American Martial Revolovers XI Johnny Kept His Gun: Confederate Firearms in the West XII Revolving Shoulder Arms and Related Weapons XIII "When the Colt Was King: The Immortal '72 Model Peacemaker, and Others" XIV Gunsmoke over Powder River: The Winchester Rifle XV The Indian Campaigns: U. S. Martial Arms of the Post-Civil War Era XVI Buffalo Guns and Hunters XVII The Shotgun Guards the Stage XVIII The Guns of Teddy Roosevelt Bibliography Index

Product Description:

Definitive, scrupulously researched work not only tells the dramatic story of shoulder arms, hand guns, percussion and cartridge weapons but also describes the hunters, settlers, peace officers, soldiers, range detectives, rustlers, and outlaws who used them. An invaluable guide for collectors, dealers, enthusiasts and students. 499 black-and-white illustrations. Bibliography. Index.

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• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0486421619
• ISBN 13: 9780486421612
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 306