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Book Synopsis The Scottish Pistol by : Martin Kelvin
Download or read book The Scottish Pistol written by Martin Kelvin and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on extensive research on the few pistols to have survived the Disarming Acts of the 18th century, this book traces in detail the evolution of the Scottish pistol in its various stylistic forms from the highly ornate to the functional. All aspects of the Scottish pistol's manufacturing history are covered, including contemporary shipping lists and Scotland's natural resources, as well as the history of the Hammerman Craft. Fakes and reproductions are discussed together with valuable advice to the unwary or inexperienced collector on their detection. An extensive section comprises an anthology of texts from the 17th to the 19th centuries relating historical instances of the pistol in use. This book is an indispensable resource, not only for historians and collectors but all those interested in the decorative arts and the history of design.
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.
Book Synopsis Alexander Leslie and the Scottish Generals of the Thirty Years' War, 1618–1648 by : Alexia Grosjean
Download or read book Alexander Leslie and the Scottish Generals of the Thirty Years' War, 1618–1648 written by Alexia Grosjean and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Field Marshal Alexander Leslie was the highest ranking commander from the British Isles to serve in the Thirty Years’ War. Though Leslie’s life provides the thread that runs through this work, the authors use his story to explore the impacts of the Thirty Years’ War, the British Civil Wars and the age of Military Revolution.
Book Synopsis Ancient Scottish Weapons by : James Drummond
Download or read book Ancient Scottish Weapons written by James Drummond and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A History of Firearms by : W. Y. Carman
Download or read book A History of Firearms written by W. Y. Carman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amply illustrated with pen & ink drawings, and including a glossary of key terms, this volume, originally published in 1955, traces the history of firearms and the pioneers who made that history, step by step, to the fringe of a complex modern science.
Book Synopsis "With His Pistol in His Hand" by : Am Paredes
Download or read book "With His Pistol in His Hand" written by Am Paredes and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1958 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life of Gregorio Cortez Lira, a Mexican ranchhand who became the hero of a popular ballad after a shootout with a Texas sheriff, and describes various versions of the ballad
Book Synopsis The History of Weapons of the American Revolution by : George C. Neumann
Download or read book The History of Weapons of the American Revolution written by George C. Neumann and published by New York : Harper & Row. This book was released on 1967 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Best Guns written by Michael McIntosh and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the best and most comprehensive guide for those new to the world of fine guns, and a standard reference for everyone, written with the precision and the seamless grace that is a Michael McIntosh's trademark style.
Book Synopsis EUROPEAN HAND FIREARMS OF THE 16TH, 17TH & 18TH Centuries by : HERBERT J. JACKSON
Download or read book EUROPEAN HAND FIREARMS OF THE 16TH, 17TH & 18TH Centuries written by HERBERT J. JACKSON and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Scottish History & Life by : James Paton
Download or read book Scottish History & Life written by James Paton and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Culloden written by Murray Pittock and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-07 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle of Culloden lasted less than an hour. The forces involved on both sides were small, even by the standards of the day. And it is arguable that the ultimate fate of the 1745 Jacobite uprising had in fact been sealed ever since the Jacobite retreat from Derby several months before. But for all this, Culloden is a battle with great significance in British history. It was the last pitched battle on the soil of the British Isles to be fought with regular troops on both sides. It came to stand for the final defeat of the Jacobite cause. And it was the last domestic contestation of the Act of Union of 1707, the resolution of which propelled Great Britain to be the dominant world power for the next 150 years. If the battle itself was short, its aftermath was brutal - with the depredations of the Duke of Cumberland followed by a campaign to suppress the clan system and the Highland way of life. And its afterlife in the centuries since has been a fascinating one, pitting British Whig triumphalism against a growing romantic memorialization of the Jacobite cause. On both sides there has long been a tendency to regard the battle as a dramatic clash, between Highlander and Lowlander, Celt and Saxon, Catholic and Protestant, the old and the new. Yet, as this account of the battle and its long cultural afterlife suggests, while viewing Culloden in such a way might be rhetorically compelling, it is not necessarily good history.
Book Synopsis European Hand Firearms of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries by : Herbert J. Jackson
Download or read book European Hand Firearms of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries written by Herbert J. Jackson and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Palace of History by : Glasgow (Scotland). Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry
Download or read book Palace of History written by Glasgow (Scotland). Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Flintlock written by Torsten Lenk and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2007-04-17 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Book Synopsis British Pistols and Guns, 1640-1840 by : Ian Glendenning
Download or read book British Pistols and Guns, 1640-1840 written by Ian Glendenning and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Secret Firearms written by John D. Walter and published by Arms & Armour. This book was released on 1997 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the invention of the first handgun, miniature and special designs have been created to aid concealment and increase the element of surprise. This history shows the ingenuity of users and manufacturers, recounting both successes and failures.
Book Synopsis A Pistol in Greenyards by : Mollie Hunter
Download or read book A Pistol in Greenyards written by Mollie Hunter and published by . This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1854 the tenants of Greenyards, in the Scottish Highlands, are brutally evicted from their homes and the land sold for sheep grazing.To defend his family Connal Ross draws a pistol on the local Sheriff-Officer ... a crime punishable by death. Things can only get worse!Forced into hiding, Connal and his sister, Katrine, try to keep ahead of the authorities, while trying to save other members of their family. Will they ever be able to start a new life, and escape to freedom?Connal tells of the hardships suffered by his family and neighbours, how they plotted a rebellion in which the children played a vital role, and which unwittingly jeopardized their whole community.A brilliant historical tale full of suspense and excitement.
