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Arms and Armor in Colonial America, 1526-1783

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Students of period weaponry will already be familier with the late Harold Peterson's works. Those who are new to the subject are in for a treat ! Relying on period documents, artifacts from archaelogical digs and pieces from private collections, Peterson's book does an exceptional job of presenting the evolution of crossbows, daggers, polearms, firearms and their related equipment in chronological order. Most of the items depicted are those used by the common people, soldiers, Indians, pirates and rogues. I only wish there were glossy color photo's and measurements. Reenactors, artists, museum curators, collectors and even the casual reader will find this work to be extremely helpful. Even though this book was published several decades ago, the information is still reliable.

This is a very throe research about weapons and armor in colonial America. The author looked deep into past records to find the information the book talks about. Instead of guess work he has specific accounts and lists of the types of armor and weapons used. A very good resource, the pictures were cool too!

This book would be great if you wanted to build an old gun...It is packed with gun mechanism diagrams....It is sorta weak in the edged weapons wection I thought...He doesn't do a really great job of describing some of the items....Better diagrams would have helped...The armor section is pretty nice if you are into that stuff...But..Hey..I learned what a halberd is!!!