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Guns On The Early Frontiers, A History Of Firearms From Colonial Times Through The Years Of The Western Fur Trade. CARL P RUSSELL

Guns On The Early Frontiers, A History Of Firearms From Colonial Times Through The Years Of The Western Fur Trade.

CARL P RUSSELL

Other works by CARL P RUSSELL

Publication: University of California Press, 1957, Berkeley and Los Angeles

First Edition. Cloth. viii-xv, 395pp. Numerous illustrations and diagrams. Frontispiece. Notes. Glossary of Terms. Bibliography. Index. More than a descriptive record of gun types, this volume also relates the guns to the people who made, sold, and used them, and to the moments events of western expansion that were strongly influenced by the gun trade. A fine copy in a dust jacket with modest edgewear.

Inventory Number: 50806

$45.00