Download or read book Civil War Weapons written by Graham Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about the evolution of weapons by studying the design of the Civil War weapons cataloged in this attractive, full-color reference book. More than three million Americans fought in the Civil War and over six hundred thousand men, or two percent of the population, died in this dreadful conflict. Its impact is still felt today, for the war shaped our nation, and our national character. Studying the weapons used by both the Union army and Confederate forces tells an intriguing story of its own. The well-equipped Union army had access to the best of the industrial North's manufacturing output. By contrast, the South had to get by with imported arms and locally made copies of patented weapons. But the pressure of war quickly led to improvements in both sides' firearms. A War that began with single-shot horse pistols ended with multi-shot revolvers. Poignant archive photography is used throughout the book, showing the weapons in contemporary action, and placing them in their Civil War context. Evocative paintings by renowned Civil War artist Don Troiani bring the battlefield action to life.

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Download or read book Pistols written by Jeff Kinard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of the pistol helped bring the age of the armored knight to an end, provided the elite with a status symbol of dangerous glamour, and inspired both artisans and industrialists to reach new heights of invention. Pistols follows the evolution of personal sidearms in Europe, the United States, and Asia from medieval-era "hand cannons" with their clunky ignition systems, to the revolutionary Colt revolvers of the 19th century, to the modern semiautomatic weapons of today. Full of fascinating insights and details, this work shows how pistols brought about the decline of knights in armor, and ultimately replaced the sword on the battlefield. The book also explores the pistol's astonishing "democratization" as it moved from being a luxury item of the nobility, to standard issue for soldiers, to a mass-produced commodity and source of intensive corporate competition. Along the way, readers meet the many colorful characters (often eccentric geniuses) who devoted themselves to pistol development.

Download or read book Confederate Arms written by William A. Albaugh and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Longarm Lone Star Omnibus written by Tabor Evans and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-12-24 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE FIRST LONE STAR NOVEL—PLUS THE LONGARM THAT STARTED IT ALL! Longarm and the Lone Star Legend When the biggest cattle baron in Texas is assassinated, the Feds send in U.S. Marshal Long. Longarm finds himself threatened by a conspiracy reaching from Washington to Japan, armed with a strange new weapon never seen before in the West. But Longarm finds allies in the unlikely duo of breathtaking beauty Jessica Starbuck and her mysterious protector Ki. Together, they’re out for blood and justice…and Longarm is in for the time of his life! Lone Star on the Treachery Trail When the cartel murdered Jessie Starbuck’s father, they left behind the seed of their own destruction: a young Western beauty with a deep hunger for vengeance. Now word has reached Jessie that the conspirators are rustling Starbuck cattle, hiring Starbuck ranchers, and buying up Starbuck land in a spectacular plot to win control of the West. Unless she and her partner Ki can “persuade” them to stop…

Download or read book The Illustrated Directory of Uniforms Weapons and Equipment of the Civil War written by David Miller and published by Salamander Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging display of artifacts from the Civil War will be an essential reference for collectors of military paraphernalia, wargamers, and anyone interested in military history. Weapons and uniforms of both the North and South have been photographed in vivid color for this book. Experts at West Point Military Academy and other military history establishments approved the carefully researched and specially commissioned artwork of uniformed figures that appear in this directory. Find superb photos of rifles, muskets, and handguns, ammunition, swords, bayonets, artillery pieces and shells, as well as badges of rank, medals, belt buckles and uniforms.

Download or read book Gurps Ultra Tech written by David L. Pulver and published by Steve Jackson Games. This book was released on 2007-01-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Longarm 277 Longarm and the Yukon Queen written by Tabor Evans and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-12-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longarm’s tracking a fugitive—and treading on thin ice! If there’s one thing U.S. Deputy Marshal Long can’t stand, it’s a yeller witness who heads for the hills just when the law needs him most. Harrison Dodge is one such lily-livered sleaze. Privy to Washington’s dirty secrets, Dodge realizes he knows too much—and quits the capitol with a one-way ticket. Destination: anywhere. Longarm tries to sniff out the little runt, and finds himself on a boat bound for Alaska. Unfortunately, tip-to-tip, Alaska measures only a mite smaller than the U.S. of A. His only means of transportation is a riverboat, the Yukon Queen, driven by a hot-tempered, fiery lady-captain. Now, not only does Longarm have to keep his eyes peeled for any sign of his fugitive, he must also help his captain ward off her enemies. And try to keep his burning desire for her from melting the Alaskan ice…

Download or read book International and Transnational Crime and Justice written by Mangai Natarajan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a key textbook on the nature of international and transnational crimes and the delivery of justice for crime control and prevention.

Download or read book Longarm Double 3 written by Tabor Evans and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth and sixth tales in the series deliver all the blood, bullets, and beauties Longarm lovers demand-and then some! LONGARM IN THE INDIAN NATION Bank robbery and murder bring Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long to the lawless borders of Oklahoma, where he takes on wild-spirited Indians, ruthless cattle rustlers, gold-grubbing Indian agents, cold-blooded gunslingers—and a beautiful bounty hunter. LONGARM AND THE LOGGERS Whipsaw is a timber camp in boom-time Nevada, thick with brawny loggers, cardsharps, and ruby-lipped fancy women. It’s a town ruled by the lumber barons with their own private brand of justice. Until Longarm arrives—aiming to make big changes, with a little help from a gorgeous gunslinging gambler.

Download or read book Fighting Men of the Civil War written by William C. Davis and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the everyday life of the common soldier during the Civil War, including information on what life was like for the soldiers in basic training, combat, and imprisonment.

Download or read book Longarm 272 Longarm and the Six Gun Senorita written by Tabor Evans and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-07-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longarm’s looking for guns in all the wrong places! Longarm is assigned to recover a cache of Army rifles stolen out of Texas and smuggled across the border into Mexico. A wild bandit named Mendoza and a faction of insurgents known as Los Ninos de Libertad—The Children of Liberty—are the most likely suspects—but which one is the guilty party? Before he can even begin to investigate, the U.S. Deputy Marshal finds himself caught in a crossfire between an uncooperative Texas Ranger, a hotheaded ranch hand, and a sultry schoolmarm hiding more than her virtue. Longarm has no choice but to sneak into Mexico—where he has no jurisdiction—and find the missing weapons without starting a shootin’ war…

Download or read book Longarm 416 written by Tabor Evans and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longarm has worn out his welcome… It should have been a routine prisoner pickup. But when Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long arrives in Curen Town, the young offender’s father—who happens to run the town named after him—has no intentions of letting his son go to Denver for trial. When bribery and deception fail, Edward Curen, Sr., resorts to more desperate measures to stop Longarm—namely a $5,000 bounty on the lawman’s head. Money like that is enough to turn decent townsfolk blood simple—and it does. Now every dark alley of Curen Town may be hiding an assassin—man, woman, or child—and if Longarm aims to leave town in one piece, he’ll need to shoot his way out…

Download or read book Poems Dramatic and Miscellaneous written by Charles James Cannon and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The American Sword 1775 1945 written by Harold L. Peterson and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-06-14 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVThe first book devoted exclusively to the subject, this invaluable volume will aid collectors, curators, historians. Enhanced with more than 400 illustrations from rare documents, the book classifies and describes all major types of swords worn by the U.S. armed forces, cadets, and diplomats since the American Revolution to the end of World War II. /div

Download or read book The Improbable Victory The Campaigns Battles and Soldiers of the American Revolution 1775 83 written by and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated volume marking the defining point in American history. The American Revolution reshaped the political map of the world, and led to the birth of the United States of America. Yet these outcomes could have scarcely been predicted when the first shots were fired at Lexington and Concord. American rebel forces were at first largely a poorly trained, inexperienced and disorganized militia, pitted against one of the most formidable imperial armies in the world. Yet following a succession of defeats against the British, the rebels slowly rebounded in strength under the legendary leadership of George Washington. The fortunes of war ebbed and flowed, from the humid southern states of America to the frozen landscapes of wintry Canada, but eventually led to the catastrophic British defeat at Yorktown in 1781 and the establishment of an independent United States of America. The Improbable Victory is a revealing and comprehensive guide to this seminal conflict, from the opening skirmishes, through the major pitched battles, up to the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Impressively illustrated with photographs and artwork, it provides an invaluable insight into this conflict from the major command decisions down to the eye level of the front-line soldier. Published to coincide with the official opening of the new American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.

Download or read book British Military Long Arms in Colonial America written by Bill Ahearn and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-21 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British Military Long Arms in Colonial America By: Bill Ahearn and Robert Nittolo In British Military Long Arms in Colonial America, Bill Ahearn and Robert Nittolo explore the story of the various long arms used during this point in history. Covering a vast time period, Ahearn and Nittolo first illustrate the long arms as tools to help create British rule in Colonial America and continue their explorations to the war that cost Britain their American empire. British Military Long Arms in Colonial America is an educational and informative guide that will provide an enlightening account to the curious readers and historians alike.