The guns that won the West
Subtitle: firearms on the American frontier, 1848-1898
By: by John Walter
Edition: Book club ed.
Publisher: Military Book Club
Published: 1999
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780739404584
Subjects: Firearms; History; Frontier and pioneer life
Description: The Guns That Won the West tells the colourful story of the wide range of firearms - from the smallest pistol to the rifles of the buffalo hunters - used by plainsmen and settlers, gamblers and engineers, native Americans and the soldiers of the United States Army.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-282) and index.