Guns on the Early Frontiers: From Colonial Times to the Years of the Western Fur Trade
Thoroughly documented reference identifies guns used in America during eastern settlement and westward expansion. The highly readable survey describes the traders, trappers, soldiers, and Native Americans who used and sold weapons as well as those who made them. 58 rare illustrations depict everything from antique muskets and revolving pistols to bullet molds and powder horns.
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This work details the weapons used during the settlement and westward expansion of America, and describes their use by fur traders, trappers, soldiers, and Native Americans. Numerous b&w illustrations of guns, parts, and other firearm accessories are included. This 2005 edition is an unabridged republication of Guns on the Early Frontiers: A History of Forearms from Colonial Times through the Years of the Western Fur Trade, originally published by the University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1957. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
