Guns of the Old West

Guns of the Old WestFirearms played an important role on the American frontier. Used to hunt animals for food and clothing, they also safeguarded ones home against outlaws and other hostile elements. This definitive, scrupulously researched work describes and illustrates the many different weapons that opened up and secured the American West. Enhanced with colorful anecdotes, the vividly detailed narrative tells the dramatic story of shoulder arms, hand guns, percussion

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and a key figure in the Irish Literary Renaissance

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