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Author : Navy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600024056
Author : Great Britain. Royal Navy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1843
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017585005
Author : Harold Leslie Peterson,Robert Elman
Publisher : Penguin Adult HC/TR
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Firearms
ISBN : PSU:000029664528
Traces the history and development of firearms and provides detailed information and numerous illustrations of some of the most significant rifles, handguns, and smoothbores.
Author : Chris McNab
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 159223304X
An encyclopedic look at firearms.
Author : Michael McIntosh
Publisher : Down East Books
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780892728473
This is the best and most comprehensive guide for those new to the world of fine guns, and a standard reference for everyone, written with the precision and the seamless grace that is a Michael McIntosh's trademark style.
Author : Steve Israel
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501118036
From Steve Israel, the Congressman-turned-novelist who writes “in the full-tilt style of Carl Hiaasen” (The Washington Post), a comic tale of the mighty firearm industry, a small Long Island town, and Washington politics: “Congress should pass a law making Big Guns mandatory reading for themselves” (Nelson DeMille). When Chicago’s Mayor Michael Rodriguez starts a national campaign to ban handguns from America’s cities, towns, and villages, Otis Cogsworth, the wealthy chairman and CEO of a huge arms company in Asabogue, Long Island, is worried. In response, he and lobbyist Sunny McCarthy convince an Arkansas congressman to introduce federal legislation mandating that every American must own a firearm. Events soon escalate. Asabogue’s Mayor Lois Leibowitz passes an ordinance to ban guns in the town—right in Otis Cogsworth’s backyard. Otis retaliates by orchestrating a recall election against Lois and Jack Steele, a rich town resident, runs against her. Even though the election is for the mayor of a small village on Long Island, Steele brings in the big guns of American politics to defeat Lois. Soon, thousands of pro-gun and anti-gun partisans descend on Asabogue, and the bucolic town becomes a tinderbox. Meanwhile, Washington politicians in both parties are caught between a mighty gun lobby and the absurdity of requiring that every American, with waivers for children under age four, carry a gun. What ensues is a discomfiting, hilarious indictment of the state of American politics. “New York congressman-turned-novelist Steve Israel delivers a second brilliant political satire” (Booklist, starred review). “An entertaining satire” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), Big Guns is “a wonderfully irreverent satire about the fractured and fractious American political and lobbying system…a rollicking comedic trip” (Publishers Weekly).
Author : Charles Amory Beach
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547647935
"Air Service Boys in the Big Battle; Or, Silencing the Big Guns" by Charles Amory Beach. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author : Angus Konstam
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612004891
A concise, illustrated introduction to artillery from medieval times to the modern era. Over seven centuries, the artillery piece has evolved from a status symbol to one of the most deadly weapons wielded by man. Using gunpowder weapons was initially something of a black art, but over time, gunnery became a science, a dependable method of breaching fortifications or overcoming an enemy on the battlefield. By the nineteenth century, most European armies had artillery units manned with trained gunners; Napoleon, originally an artillery officer, then took the use of artillery to a new level. Over the following decades, rapid advances in gun technology paved the way for the devastatingly powerful heavy artillery that literally transformed the landscape during World War I. The use of rolling and box barrages shaped how armies fought on the front lines, and powerful naval guns dictated the outcome of battles at sea. By World War II, the range of artillery had expanded to include self-propelled guns and powerful antitank and antiaircraft guns. In this informative introduction, historian Angus Konstam concisely explains how the development and evolving deployment of artillery led to big guns becoming the key to victory in two world wars and a potent force on the modern battlefield.
Author : Philip Kaplan
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783463077
Beginning with a pictorial essay on battleship construction in the 1930s and 1940s, this new book looks at the various design facets of the last great capital ships of the world's navies. Kaplan offers us a glimpse into those massive American and German navy yards and construction facilities that were put to use during this time, acquainting us with the arenas in which these final examples of battleship technology were laid down, built up, launched, fitted out, commissioned and taken out to sea. The book roots itself in a period of monumental change within the history of contemporary warfare. With the baton being passed from the battleship community to that of the aircraft carrier, the iconic battleship was gradually superseded by a new and even more threatening weapons system. It was destined to be consigned to the history books, whilst newer, slicker and more efficient fighting machines took precedence. This publication serves as a tribute to a lost legend of naval warfare. There is a look at some of modern history's most significant battleships, relaying their thrilling stories, defining characteristics and eventual fates. Ships featured include Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Warspite, Tirpitz and Yamato. The book is completed with 'Fast and Last', a visit on board the four final examples of battleship technology and design, the last serving battleships USS Iowa, USS New Jersey, USS Wisconsin, and USS Missouri. Their Second World War careers are recounted, as are the qualities that made them special.
Author : United States. Navy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1845
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017585078
Author : Philip Kaplan
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783462933
This new addition to the Images of War series takes as its focus the early Big Gun battleships that saw development and deployment during the First World War. Iconic ships such as HMS Warspite and Malaya feature amidst this pictorial history that is sure to appeal to fans of the series, and naval enthusiasts in particular. ??Vessels featured include the battleship Royal Sovereign, the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle, the cruiser HMS Gloucester, the Queen Elizabeth class battleship HMS Barham and the Italian battleships Littorio, Cesare, Duillo, Vittorio Veneto, Conte di Cavour and Doria, amongst many others. British and international battleships feature side by side in a publication that offers a truly representative selection of the kind of vessels in action at this time.
Author : Essex Institute
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Essex County (Mass.)
ISBN : UVA:X000383535
Author : United States Naval Academy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1899
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015039823128
Author : Captain Charles Johnson,Howard Pyle,Ralph D. Paine,Charles Ellms,Currey E. Hamilton,John Esquemeling,J. D. Jerrold Kelley,Stanley Lane-Poole,Daniel Defoe,Robert Louis Stevenson,Walter Scott,Richard Le Gallienne,Edgar Allan Poe,Jack London,Jules Verne,Charles Boardman Hawes,J. M. Barrie,Arthur Conan Doyle,Frederick Marryat,R. M. Ballantyne,Charles Dickens,L. Frank Baum,J. Allan Dunn,Robert E. Howard,James Fenimore Cooper,Alexandre Dumas,William Hope Hodgson,F. Scott Fitzgerald,Harold MacGrath,Harry Collingwood,W. H. G. Kingston,G. A. Henty,Joseph Lewis French
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 11081 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788027219575
Enjoy the best sea adventures, treasure hunt tales and bloody battles, along with learning the truth behind the legends, the real life stories that inspired so many writers and produced so many beloved classics: History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates (Captain Charles Johnson) The Book of Buried Treasure Treasure Island (R. L. Stevenson) Blackbeard: Buccaneer (R. D. Paine) Pieces of Eight (Le Gallienne) Captain Singleton (Defoe) Gold-Bug (Edgar Allan Poe) Hearts of Three (Jack London) The Dark Frigate (C. B. Hawes) Isle of Pirate's Doom (Robert E. Howard) Swords of Red Brotherhood (Howard) Queen of Black Coast (Howard) Barbarossa—King of the Corsairs Black Vulmea (Howard) Afloat and Ashore (James F. Cooper) Homeward Bound (Cooper) Red Rover (Cooper) Facing the Flag (Jules Verne) A Pirate of the Caribbees (H. Collingwood) Pirate Gow (Daniel Defoe) The King of Pirates (Defoe) The Pirate (Walter Scott) Rose of Paradise (Howard Pyle) Captain Sharkey (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Pirate (Frederick Marryat) Three Cutters (Marryat) Madman and the Pirate (R. M. Ballantyne) The Offshore Pirate (F. Scott Fitzgerald) Coral Island (Ballantyne) Under the Waves (Ballantyne) Pirate City (Ballantyne) Captain Boldheart (Dickens) Master Key (L. Frank Baum) A Man to His Mate (J. Allan Dunn) Tales of the Fish Patrol (Jack London) Robinson Crusoe (Defoe) Peter Pan and Wendy (J. M. Barrie) Mysterious Island (Jules Verne) Count of Monte Cristo (Dumas) Ghost Pirates (W. H. Hodgson) The Pirate Island (H. Collingwood) Among Malay Pirates The Capture of Panama, 1671 The Malay Proas (James F. Cooper) The Daughter of the Great Mogul (Defoe) Morgan at Puerto Bello The Ways of the Buccaneers Narrative of the Capture of the Ship Derby, 1735 The Fight Between the Dorrill and the Moca Jaddi the Malay Pirate The Terrible Ladrones The Female Captive The Passing of Mogul Mackenzie Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean Pirates of Panama...
Author : United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 774 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112053765886
