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by Matt Wulff. Softbound, 178 pages, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". Once colonization of North America began, conflict followed. Raiding parties of French Partisan fighters and Native Americans would sweep down from Canada and attack isolated settlements along the frontier of the English colonies, then just as quickly melt back into the forest. A new type of soldier was needed. The Ranger was born...a look at some of the more famous Ranger units from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that risked their lives as "guardians of our frontiers."

Softbound, 365 pages, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". The story of William Well's remarkable life, a man in the middle moving between two cultures. Captured from his Louisville home at the age of thirteen, he was raised by the Miami under the name of Blacksnake. He learned to hunt, went on the warpath, married and fathered a son. He fought with Little Turtle at St. Clair's defeat, only to change sides several years later to scout for General Mad Anthony Wayne at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. This book recreates an entire period (1779-1812) showing how the Indians lived, fought for their homeland and dealt with defeat; and captures the lives of the men and women who settled the territory north of the Ohio River.

by Meredith Mason Brown. Hardbound, 375 pages, 6-1/2" x 9-1/2". Brown traces Boone's life from his Pennsylvania childhood to his experiences in the militia and his rise to an unexcelled woodsman, explorer, and backcountry leader. In the process we meet the authentic Boone: he did't wear coonskin caps; he read and wrote better than most frontiersmen; he was not the first to settle Kentucky; he took no pleasure in killing Indians. At once a loaner and a leader, a Quaker who became a skilled frontier fighter, Boone is a study in contradictions. The author lays to rest many of the myths surrounding Boone in this well researched, well written text. Includes extensive endnotes, biographical material and index.

by Alan Fitzpatrick. Softbound, 6" x 9", 375 pages. Based on 144 never-before-published primary source documents from the Haldimand Papers of the British War Library. The reader will hear the voices of Native American chiefs and war captains as they responded in council to "the quarrel between white brothers", the verbatim speaches of dozens of orators from a host of Indian tribes. Appealing to the scholar, the student of the American Revolution, the history buff and those who wish to learn more about American native peoples from a by-gone era.

by Anthony L. Tafel. Softbound, 112 pages, 8-1/2" x 11". Over 280 crisp color photographs revela artifacts of early American everyday life that were useful for surveying land, building log homes, farming the land, traveling, blacksmithing and cabinetmaking. From light paper ephemera such as land surveys and playing cards to heavy garden sones and conestoga wagon components, they are pictured and explained.

by Thomas L. Elliott. Softbound, 288 pages, 4" x 11". A terrific reference book initially published in 1983, includes over 5000 imprints, over 4000 biographical entries and almost 3000 individual ratings for judging relative scarcity and vale. A must for collectors.

by Greta Arwidsson & Gosta Berg. Softbound, 90 pages, 8-1/2" x 11". The chest was originally fond in Mastrmyr on the island of Gotland, Sweden in 1936 the chest held more than 200 objects that were found in and around it. Most are tools that were used by blacksmiths and carpenters, many of them amazingly modern in appearance. Contains 32 pages of black and white photos and drawings.

by Denis Diderot. Softbound, 9" x 12", 239 pages. A superb replication of copperplates engraved to illustrate Diderot's great 18th century Encyclopedie. The plates offer a unique and invaluable record of manufacturing and the trades just prior to the Industrial Revolution. Each of the major trades is illustrated in sequence detailing machinery and processes from raw material to finished product. Extensive, detailed notes clearly identify and explain objects, procedures and techniques of each industry. Artists, illustrators, collectors, historians of industry, art and invention will welcome this superb reproduction. This volume features Agriculture & Rural Arts, Art of War, Iron Foundry & Forge, Extractive Industries, and Metal Working.  

by Denis Diderot. Softbound, 9' x 12". Plates 209-485. This volume covers Glass, Masonry & Carpentry, Textiles, Paper & Printing, Leather, Gold, Silver and Jewelry, Fashion, Miscellaneous Trades. Also features an index of "Subjects Illustrated In Plates" for both volumes. 

The most memorable events of the American Revolution come to life in this action packed activity set. Includes five coloring books: George Washington, Uniforms of the American Revolution, Story of the American Revolution, Heroes and Heroines of the American Revolution, and Life in Colonial America, an 11" x 17" color-your-own poster, and full color Decloration of Independence poster. Also includes crayons and 28 old time patriotic stickers. A $27.00 value.

by Donald Dallas, Hardcover, 416 pages, 9" x 12". The period from 1850 to 1900 witnessed the most far reaching changes sporting gun and rifle design had ever experienced, prior to this, changes had been pedestrian; the muzzleloader still prevailed in 1850 as it had for centuries. The author describes at length the pinfire, center-fire, and hammerless developments along with all the ancillary changes made to sporting rifles. This is a difinitive book on the subject. 230 full color and 444 black and whit photographs.

by Norbert Klups. Hardbound, 208 pages, 9" x 11-1/2". The double barrel rifle is an important tool for the passionate hunter. The perfection of handiwork is as compelling as the spirit that emanates from the weapons. This book examines the firearm in sections including chapters on: the development, side-by-sides and over-unders, breeches and breech systems, single and double triggers, the barrel unit, the butt stock, sights, instruction in the use and care of double barrels and much more. Over 270 beautifully detailed, close up full color photographs show tremendous engraving, highly figured wood grain, intricately checkered stocks, and high finishes that make double barreled guns ideal for hunting and collecting.  

by Norbert Klups. Hardbound, 230 pages, 9" x 11-1/2". The Drilling, a tripple barreled shoulder held firearm, is comprised of various combinations of shotgun and/or rifle barrels, giving the flexibility of shooting both types of cartridges with a very wide range of calibers from one firearm. Primarily made by small manufactures, Drillings offered in a broad range of barrel configurations, combinations, and calibers. Many of these firearms were custom made and are highly decorated through detaied engraving, stock carving and customized metal work. This book is an essential reference and looks at both older and contemporary weapons and gives instruction on using them. Over 230 illustrations, mostly color photographs.

by Ray T. Giles & Daniel L. Shuey. Hardbound, 312 pages, 9" x 11-1/2". One hundred years of cartridge boxes from Winchester and its predecessor companies, Volcanic Repeating Arms and New Haven Arms. Coverage includes all the calibers cataloged for every rifle model from 1856 to 1956. With over 1400  full color pictures, this book also includes a pricing guide as well as a rarity guide. Wether you want to date your collectabe box or determine which box would be appropriate as a contemporary display pice with your Winchester rifle, this is the book you need. Text includes a glossary of abbrevations used, bibliography, and index for easy reference. 

by David Hayden-Wright. Hardbound, 9" x 12", 329 pages. This is the preeminent reference on antique English knives. The text contains much previously unknown historical information about cutlers and their art. Covers the earliest history of Sheffield, England, a directory of 19th century cutlers names, and many groups and types of knives, from the most humble penknife to magnificent exhibition pieces. Includes the history of the American Bowie as well as pocket knives, farriers, smoker's and quill knives and curiosities. Over 300 full-color photographs as well as hand drawn illustrations.

by W.H.B. Smith. Hardbound, 279 pages, 8-1/2" x 11". The first American text to deal with high power, high precision air and gas weapons. Representative samples of every major world manufacturer were gathered for personal testing to check the manufacturers' varying claims. The author explores the history of air-rifle ammunition and also explains how to identify and appraise firearms for purchase; load, strip and opperate small arms; and dismount and assemble guns for cleaning or repair. Includes photographs, operational drawings, specifications, and test results of every major world manufacturer. An important addition to the library of any firearms collector, dealer, or historian.

by Carl Benn. Softbound, 96 pages, 6-1/2" x 9-1/2". The War of 1812-1815 was a bloody confontation that tore through the American frontier, the British colonies of upper and lower Canada, and parts of the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico. This exciting new volume explains what led to America's decision to take up arms against Great Britain and assesses the three terrible years of fighting that followed on land and sea, where battles such as Lake Erie and Lake Champlain launched American naval traditions. Fully illustrated with color and black and white photos, original art, and maps.  

by William M. Darlington. Softbound, 299 pages, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". Between 1750 and 1753 Gist, an agent of the Ohio Company of Virginia, explored the greater portion of the region now included within the states of Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia, and parts of western Maryland and southwest Pennsylvania. These remarkable journals contain descriptions of lands, friendly and hostile Indians, Indian customs, French settlements and forts, English settlements, and interesting events that occured on the trail. Additionally, this book contains biographical sketches of Gist and many interpreters and traders such as Andrew Montour and the Montour family, George Crogan, Thomas Cresap, the Indian Guyasuta, General James Grant, Conrad Weiser and others. Of special interest is Robert Orme's letter to Gov. Dinwiddie, describing the horror of Braddock's defeat. An indispensable resource for colonial histoey scholars and for living historians interested in pre-Revolutionary America. 

by A. G. Bradley. Softbound, 391 pages 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". Begining with the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, and the conditions and characters of the British American colonies in Canada in 1750, the author lays the background for the French designs against British expansion. He then proceeds to describe the various clashes between the to European powers in America, including the fight at Great Meadows, Braddock's Expedition, and Johnson's futile campaign on Lake George, that led to the formal declaration of war between France and England in May, 1756. The fighting continues through the battles at Louisbourg, Fort William Henry, Ticonderoga, Frontenac, and the Plains of Abraham as well as the deaths of Wolfe and Montcalm. The British triumphed in the end the French surrendered Montreal and their possessions in North America to Great Britain. Numerous maps illustrate the text, including one fold-out map.