Description
This highly prized book is filled with photographs of collectible pre-Revolutionary War era American longrifles, and other fine early guns used in America. Photography and research by Dr. George Shumway are well respected by antique gun collectors, and contemporary gun builders, who use this book as a resource guide. This annotated second edition features some rifles shown in the original black and white photos, while many examples are now shown in full color photography. This hard cover book is the larger 9 x 12″ format, with 345 pages of large photographs and details about these scarce early American guns and their makers.The Table of Contents includes the following:
- Preface to Volume II
- Lehigh to Berks and Lebanon
- York County
- Lebanon County
- Rifles of Uncertain Origin
- Rifles of the Southern Colonies
- Rifles & Guns with Military Connections
- New England
- Hudson Valley Influences
- When was the First American Rifle Made, Where was it Made, and Who Made It?
- Lock, Stock, & Barrel, plus Furniture, or The Parts of the Rifle and where they came from in the Eighteenth Century
- Art Forms on the Eighteenth Century American Rifle
- References
- The Author & The Workers
- Index
