The Art Of The English Trade Gun In North America

Author : Nathan E. Bender
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-02
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780786471157

Get Book

The Art of the English Trade Gun in North America by Nathan E. Bender Pdf

Symbolic ornamentation inspired by ancient Greek and Roman art is a long-standing Western tradition. The author explores the designs of 18th century English gunsmiths who engraved classical ornamental patterns on firearms gifted or traded to American Indians. A system of allegory is found that symbolized the Americas of the New World in general, and that enshrined the American Indian peoples as "noble savages." The same allegorical context was drawn upon for symbols of national liberty in the early American republic. Inadvertently, many of the symbolic designs used on the trade guns strongly resonated with several Native American spiritual traditions.

Author : Kevin Gladysz
Publisher : Mowbray Publishers
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Firearms
ISBN : 1931464472

Get Book

The French Trade Gun in North America, 1662-1759 by Kevin Gladysz Pdf

Author : Carl Parcher Russell
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1980-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803289030

Get Book

Guns on the Early Frontiers by Carl Parcher Russell Pdf

"Here is a book for the historian, the student, the gun collector or aficionado. . . . It approaches understatement to call Guns on the Early Frontiers an outstanding contribution to firearms literature. It sets its own standard."--New York Times. "A Glossary of Gun Terms, ample footnotes most skillfully arranged and illustrations beyond the dreams of avarice complement the text, which achieves the miracle of scholarship without tedium."--W.H. Hutchinson, San Francisco Chronicle. "Not the least interesting portions of the book are the notes and glossary and the excellent bibliography. Here [is] a book designed primarily for the serious collector or gun historian, but whose readable style should appeal even to the casual amateur. The collecting of old guns, whether privately or by a public institution, involves a certain responsibility. These guns, whose history is inextricably linked with the history of settlement, require something more than careful preservations. They require--and the present volume goes far to supply--accurate documentation."--Canadian Historical Review. Carl P. Russell, a leading authority on firearms of the American frontier, was coordinator of planning for the science and history museums and other interpretive facilities of the National Park Service in the Western United States.

Author : Carl P. Russell
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780486140230

Get Book

Guns on the Early Frontiers by Carl P. Russell Pdf

DIVThoroughly 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. /div

Author : Ryan R. Gale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Firearms
ISBN : OCLC:312810195

Get Book

For Trade and Treaty by Ryan R. Gale Pdf

Author : David J. Silverman
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674974746

Get Book

Thundersticks by David J. Silverman Pdf

David Silverman argues against the notion that Indians prized flintlock muskets more for their pyrotechnics than for their efficiency as tools of war. Native peoples fully recognized the potential of firearms to assist them in their struggles against colonial forces, and mostly against one another, as arms races erupted across North America.

Author : John Canfield Ewers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Firearms
ISBN : OCLC:1059579353

Get Book

The North West Trade Gun by John Canfield Ewers Pdf

Author : Brian James Given
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0886292239

Get Book

A Most Pernicious Thing by Brian James Given Pdf

The author challenges the myth of trade dependence which has pervaded histories of this period, by proving the superiority of native weapons over matchlock muskets. A fascinating argument on a contentious ethno-historical issue.

Author : John M. Taylor
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-20
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781510700963

Get Book

Fine Shotguns by John M. Taylor Pdf

In Fine Shotguns, expert John M. Taylor offers a global view of shotguns using photographs and descriptions of guns from the United States, Britain, Germany, Austria, France, Spain, and Italy. Here are all types of shotguns: single barrel, double barrel, combination guns, hammer shotguns, paired shotguns, special-use guns, small-bore shotguns, shotgun stocks or shotguns with metal finishes, and bespoke shotguns. This all encompassing guide includes sections on how to care for and storage your weapon, what accessories are available for your model, and how to choose the perfect traveling case. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Author : Sidney James Gooding
Publisher : Alexandria Bay, N.Y. : Bloomfield, Ont. : Museum Restoration Service
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Firearms
ISBN : 0888550146

Get Book

Trade Guns of the Hudson's Bay Company, 1670-1970 by Sidney James Gooding Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 860 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Machinery
ISBN : UOM:39015084512881

Get Book

American Machinist by Anonim Pdf

Author : Terry Wieland
Publisher : Down East Books
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008-12-16
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780892728435

Get Book

Vintage British Shotguns by Terry Wieland Pdf

This authoritative guide to British-made shotguns looks at individual makers, their products, and the selling points of particular guns. In some cases Wieland also notes negative points or product limitations. While the book will be welcomed by gun collectors worldwide, it is particularly useful to those who are curious about British makers whose production was or is substantial enough that their guns would have crossed the pond into North America.

Author : Carl P. Russell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1616465638

Get Book

Guns on the Early Frontiers: A History of Firearms from Colonial Times Through the Years of the Western Fur Trade by Carl P. Russell Pdf

Author : De Witt Bailey,Douglas A. Nie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015019968026

Get Book

English Gunmakers by De Witt Bailey,Douglas A. Nie Pdf

Author : T. M. Hamilton,Kenneth Orris Emery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015071359940

Get Book

Eighteenth-century Gunflints from Fort Michilimackinac and Other Colonial Sites by T. M. Hamilton,Kenneth Orris Emery Pdf