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Gunsmoke and saddle leather : firearms in the nineteenth-century American West / Charles G. Worman. - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2005. - xiii, 522 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Trappers, traders, and other travelers -- The army moves West, 1803-1865 -- Across the plains by foot, handcart, and wagon -- Gold seekers: rushes to California and elsewhere -- Guns and travelers from abroad -- Sharps: the "old reliable" -- Colts and their competitors -- The 1860s: a decade of advancing technology -- Trailing cattle -- Small but deadly: Derringers and other pocket protectors -- The slaughter of the bison -- Shotguns, versatile and deadly -- Pistols and petticoats: women as shootists -- From "trapdoor" to Krag: the post-Civil War army -- Hunters' choices: The '73 Winchester and others -- Artillery on the frontier: civilian and military -- Guns of the Native Americans -- Appendix A: Opportunities to view antique firearms -- Appendix B: Chronology.
0826335934 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780826335937 (cloth : alk. paper)
2005014565
Firearms--History.--West (U.S.)
Schusswaffe
USA--Weststaaten
683.409780934 Wor 12
Gunsmoke and saddle leather : firearms in the nineteenth-century American West / Charles G. Worman. - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2005. - xiii, 522 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Trappers, traders, and other travelers -- The army moves West, 1803-1865 -- Across the plains by foot, handcart, and wagon -- Gold seekers: rushes to California and elsewhere -- Guns and travelers from abroad -- Sharps: the "old reliable" -- Colts and their competitors -- The 1860s: a decade of advancing technology -- Trailing cattle -- Small but deadly: Derringers and other pocket protectors -- The slaughter of the bison -- Shotguns, versatile and deadly -- Pistols and petticoats: women as shootists -- From "trapdoor" to Krag: the post-Civil War army -- Hunters' choices: The '73 Winchester and others -- Artillery on the frontier: civilian and military -- Guns of the Native Americans -- Appendix A: Opportunities to view antique firearms -- Appendix B: Chronology.
0826335934 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780826335937 (cloth : alk. paper)
2005014565
Firearms--History.--West (U.S.)
Schusswaffe
USA--Weststaaten
683.409780934 Wor 12