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Weapons of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

9780870624124

Weapons of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Garry, Jim.

The Arthur H. Clark Co.

2012

208 pages

$32.95

Hardcover

F592

This work draws on expedition journals plus the author's own field-testing of the weapons used by Meriwether Lewis and his Corps of Discovery in their 1804-06 expedition into the West. Each chapter focuses on one type of weapon: the Model 1795 musket, swivel gun and blunderbusses, short rifles, personal weapons, pistols, air rifle, edged weapons, and ammunition. There is also a chapter on John Shields, the blacksmith and gunsmith to the expedition. The book contains a glossary and b&w photos of weapons. Garry has written other books on the history of the West. The Arthur H. Clark Company is an imprint of the University of Oklahoma Press.

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