Good reading

[Dave Roelle]

There is simply nothing as interesting as the history of Texas.......Read a few books about the period of 1800-1900 and you can easily see why Texans are Texans! It's in their genes! A great state with great folks! Thanks for the link....

I spent a long weekend with the oldest grandson retracing the battles of " The Republic" from San Antonio to Goliad to Houston and San Jacinto----its a trip worth taking to walk the same places that figured so much in Texas history !!!!!

Dave

[bsharp]

This will keep you occupied during the winter days.

http://riflemansjournal.blogspot.com/p/a...index.html

http://riflemansjournal.blogspot.com/201...-pope.html

Can I get an invitation to this blog so I can read it ?

Tnx,

Bill

[bsharp]

This will keep you occupied during the winter days.

http://riflemansjournal.blogspot.com/p/a...index.html

http://riflemansjournal.blogspot.com/201...-pope.html

Can I get an invitation to this blog so I can read it ?

Tnx,

Bill

[Fogman01]

I am on Vol II of Firearms of the American West by Louis A. Garavaglia and Charles G. Worman. The volumes are all about how, why, and when firearms were developed in the West. They are non-fiction and full of original quotes, writings, and technical descriptions yet the books read like an exciting novel. There are plenty of pictures too. You get a really good sense of why certain firearms were adopted for military use and not others. And the advantages of one type over another in certain situations. They describe a lot of firearms both civilian and military that I had never heard of plus there are good accounts of the iconic arms as well. They often use official reports and letters from officers at the western posts who were tasked to evaluate the arms in the field. I thought the books would be well researched but dry - no, these are fascinating, easy to read volumes and I would recommend them to anyone with an interest in western history or western firearms. There is no nostalgia or revisionist history - just straight facts researched from the original documents.

[Caprock]

TSHA is a great source of info. I rarely ever read books anymore because of all the material posted at various websites. Being native to that state I've read a lot and have barely made a dent in the number of books out there. Back when, having read Fehrenbach, Haley, Dobie, Nye's book Carbine and Lance and quite possibly every book ever written on Comanche and other southern plains Indians,
I thought boy your quite the informed feller now....that is until I saw the zillion books on the shelves of the Southwest Regional Collection at Texas Techs Library.

Hey if y'all want your ribs tickled read Ben K. Greens books. "Horse Tradin" is a real good place to start.

[Semtav]

Anyone read "Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Gold and Guns: The 1874 Yellowstone Wagon Road and Prospecting Expedition and the Battle of Lodge Grass Creek" by Colonel French L. MacLean , U.S. Army Retired
That book was just highly recommended to me. As soon As Christmas is over I'm going to find it and read it.

[mherth]

Anyone read "Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Gold and Guns: The 1874 Yellowstone Wagon Road and Prospecting Expedition and the Battle of Lodge Grass Creek" by Colonel French L. MacLean , U.S. Army Retired
That book was just highly recommended to me. As soon As Christmas is over I'm going to find it and read it.

Brian, there's also an interesting book, "The 1874 Invasion of Montana: a Prelude to the Custer Disaster" by Don Weibert. A prospecting expedition from Bozeman, they even took a cannon with them. The battle sites are mapped. I love the history of the Yellowstone country.
Mike

[Kurt]

Rifle shooting by Edwin A Perry.

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=l...=1up;seq=5

[Kurt]

Remington Arms in American History.

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=u...=1up;seq=1

[Kurt]

Forest and Stream from 1881
Look through the index for anything of interest to you.

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=m...5;size=150