Guns of the Old West (eBook)
320 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-16306-2 (ISBN)
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.
ForewordI How Guns BeganII The Kentucky Rifle and Pistol Head WestIII Flintlock Pistols on the FrontierIV "Musket, Rifle and Carbine: American Martial Shoulder Arms"V Pepperboxes: Percussion and CartridgeVI Pocket-sized Death: Development of the Famous DeringerVII "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 TransitionIX Captain Walker's Gun-Hunt: Early Colt RevolversX Martial Percussion Hand Guns on the Frontier: U.S. Martial and Secondary Martial Pistols and American Martial RevoloversXI Johnny Kept His Gun: Confederate Firearms in the WestXII Revolving Shoulder Arms and Related WeaponsXIII "When the Colt Was King: The Immortal '72 Model Peacemaker, and Others"XIV Gunsmoke over Powder River: The Winchester RifleXV The Indian Campaigns: U. S. Martial Arms of the Post-Civil War EraXVI Buffalo Guns and HuntersXVII The Shotgun Guards the StageXVIII The Guns of Teddy RooseveltBibliographyIndex
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.5.2012 |
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Reihe/Serie | Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor |
Zusatzinfo | 499 ht & line |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 170 x 170 mm |
Gewicht | 581 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge |
Schlagworte | firearms, hand guns, weapons, american frontier weapons, shoulder arms, hunting, percussion weapons, cartridge weapons, kentucky rifle, repeating rifle, sharps rifle, colt revolver, winchester rifle, flintlock pistols, derringers, muskets, buffalo guns, carbines, signal pistols, confederate revolvers, wild west gunfights, civil war weapons, 19th century weaponry, gifts for gun enthusiasts, books for gun owners |
ISBN-10 | 0-486-16306-7 / 0486163067 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-486-16306-2 / 9780486163062 |
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