The book is a comprehensive history of firearms, from their earliest origins to the present day. It covers a wide range of topics, including the development of different types of firearms, their use in warfare, and their impact on society. The book is illustrated with over 200 photographs and drawings, which help to bring the text to life. It is an essential reference work for anyone interested in the history of firearms.
Traces the development of the theater from ancient Egyptian times to the present, surveying theatrical history, outstanding plays and playwrights, and talented performers
"This book ... is not an account of the war and its strategy, but offers a short examination of the organization of the British Army in America and Britain at the time of the Revolution, with particular emphasis on the redcoat and his war"--Introduction.
Through the use of photographs and text this book describes the "history of the gunfighter from the early duellists through the Wild West era to the automobile-borne bandits of rural America ... also describes in ... detail the weapons ... used and the legendary men and firms who made them"--Fly-leaf.
Tells the story of the old West and its explorers, mountain men, settlers, battles, gold rushes, miners, cowboys, cattle drives, outlaws, vigilantes, and pony express.
