The OSS Crossbows [Hardcover]

John W. Brunner (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Phillips Pubns (June 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0932572154
• ISBN-13: 978-0932572158
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,437,324 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The way to change the good old things...in something better!, June 23, 2000

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J.R.R.Abrahão (aka) "Mad Abe" "jrra" (São Paulo, SP, Brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The OSS Crossbows (Hardcover)

This is the most fascinating book I ever read on Crossbows. Being a collector of Crossbows & other light weapons, a hunter and shooter, I always fell that Crossbows are funny and efficient, trully lethal weapons. But they are cumbersome, heavy, and almost impossible to build in a home-workshop. With the historical and practical knowledge gathered thru this fascinating book, we can create our own advanced Crossbow-type weapons, much cheaper and as accurate and deadly as the bow-and-string traditional ones. Using rubber-bands and simple (but trully hi-tech) solutions to the "problems" of the amazing Crossbow, we find, in this wonderfull book, a marvelous view of how the good old things can be changed to become something better, indeed much better! I know you'll love this book, as much as I love it. I'm a published author, too, and this book is one I wish I have writen... I love this book so much that I give ten, as gifts, to friends that like Crossbows, too, and all them loved it. Buy it. You won't get disapointed, I'm sure.

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Interesting Study of a Very Obscure Item., November 29, 2005

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El Cutachero (MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The OSS Crossbows (Hardcover)

The previous reviewer has gone into the technical aspects of the subject. I shall discuss the book itself.
John W. Brunner has been a college professor for many years and is quite familiar with the craft of research. This study is based on documention in the US National Archives. (For a detailed discussion of the socuments see my review of the author's OSS Weapona)
The book is now in high demand in the after market and brings a premium price.
For most it will be interesting reading but it ia so specialized that few collectors will need it. And who has one of these bows anyway? ;o)