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Gunsmoke and Saddle Leather: Firearms in the Nineteenth-Century American West

3 reviews
Charles G. Worman

University of New Mexico Press, 2005

Great Read - A must for fans of the American West !!!!
I received a copy of this book while recovering from major surgery and despite its bulk (500 plus pages), I couldn't put it down. I especially enjoyed the photos and detailed coverage of firearms use in frontier life in the 1800s, a topic I've not seen covered so well elsewhere. I also liked the chapters on women as shootist, the presence of foreign-made guns in the west, Indian Guns and frontier ...

Firearms Of The American West 1803-1865
Louis A. & Charles G. Worman Garavaglia

University of New Mexico Press, 1998

Firearms in American History: A Guide for Writers, Curators, and General Readers
Charles G. Worman

Westholme Publishing, 2007

The firearm provided food for the cooking pot and protection against animal and human marauders. It was also a major trade item with American Indians and was carried by soldiers of the many armies who fought over the New World. It is no coincidence that guns are intertwined with American history: the development and mass production of firearms parallels the history of European involvement in the Americas. Yet despite its long and important ...

Firearms of the American West 1866-1894

1 review
Louis A. Garavaglia, Charles G. Worman

University Press of Colorado, 1998

one of the best,,,,
This is one of the best books on a rather broad subject matter. The authors have done a commendable job of covering the availability and use of firearms during one of the most dramatic times in American history. Not only do they document the use of major manufacturers products, they also cover the use and possession of lesser known products as well. This is a well written and entertaining ...

Firearms of the American West, 1803-1865
Louis A. Garavaglia, Charles G. Worman

Univ of New Mexico Pr, 1984

In 1803 Lewis and Clark set out on their epic expedition across the American wilderness west of the Mississippi, armed with the typical weapon of their day, the single-shot muzzle-loading rifle. By 1865, a variety of breech-loading and repeating arms had been invented there were both easier to use and more accurate. This encyclopedic study, part one of a two-part book, traces the development and uses of firearms on the frontier during that ...