No one has collected more Texas tales, or told them better, than C. F. Eckhardt. His columns and collected yarns have enriched Texas readers for decades. Yet his love of Texana and the Texas frontier has never been more evident than in his latest work on Texas firearms before the American Civil War. From the terrifying arquebuses shouldered by the earliest Spanish explorers to the muzzle-loaders that reigned until 1860, when the first cartridges were introduced, Eckhardt covers it all. Coupled with the detailed line drawings of Wesley G. Williams, Eckhardt’s treatment leaves little guesswork, answering questions that consumed him when as a boy he “stood in front of a display case at the Texas Memorial Museum in Austin, staring at a ball-butted wheel lock pistol. I wondered how it worked, but no one could tell me.” As engaging as it is accurate, Texas Smoke will be an entertaining reference for historians, hobbyists, western writers, and reenactment specialists.
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The first permanent settlers to North America were the Spanish, led by a Genoese sea captain named Cristóbal Colón, a.k.a. Christopher Columbus. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
corned powder, meal powder, slow match, wheel lock, powder flask Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sam Colt, Sam Walker, Juan Soldado, Brown Bess, Reverend Forsythe, Tyler Henry, Walker Colt, British Army, Eli Whitney, Texas Navy, Captain Marcy, Captain Walker, New World, Old Thrower New!
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The first permanent settlers to North America were the Spanish, led by a Genoese sea captain named Cristóbal Colón, a.k.a. Christopher Columbus. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
corned powder, meal powder, slow match, wheel lock, powder flask Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sam Colt, Sam Walker, Juan Soldado, Brown Bess, Reverend Forsythe, Tyler Henry, Walker Colt, British Army, Eli Whitney, Texas Navy, Captain Marcy, Captain Walker, New World, Old Thrower New!
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- Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen by H. Beam Piper on page 21
- The Book of Cowboys by Holling C. Holling in Back Matter
- Life of Johnson (Oxford World's Classics) by James Boswell on page 83
- Daniel Boone by Simple Simon on page 49
- The Cowboy Way by Lisa Paul in Back Matter
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