Evolution of the Brown Bess Musket : Early British Infantry Flintlocks in ...

Description: Collector Bookstore 724 Delaware Street Leavenworth, KS 66048 Collector Bookstore is a leading specialty retailer of price guides and reference books to inform and educate collectors and professionals in the antiques and collectors markets. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals. You won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! We buy most titles directly from the publisher and individual authors. Authors are encouraged to submit their reference titles for our consideration. TRW-2024-BrownBessHard-X3 Evolution of the Brown Bess Musket, Early British Infantry Flintlocks in Context (Hardcover) ISBN:9780976579779 Book Title:Evolution of the Brown Bess Musket, Early British Infantry Flintlocks in Context Author:Dr. Jay Tartell Binding:Hard Cover Copyright:2024 Pages:168 Size:11 x 8.5 in. This book is an educational primer, providing a concise preparatory overview of early British infantry flintlocks in context. Written for history lovers and antique militaria collectors, Evolution of the Brown Bess Musket is lavishly illustrated with artwork, period documents, and flintlock-era British military weapons, many published for the first time. Covering basics for newcomers, new objects and concepts will also interest more experienced scholars and collectors. This holistic monarch-by-monarch journey explores and summarizes how early military flintlocks arms and tactics inter-relate with events in British and Colonial American history. George Washington's formative pre-1776 career is also featured. As a user-friendly readable book presenting artifacts as part of history, we witness the evolution of America, Great Britain, and the early British Empire, yielding relevant insights into the world as it is today. Chapters include: Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Anatomy of Brown Bess Glossary One British Monarchies in the Flintlock Age Two Matchlocks & Wheelocks: British Infantry Musket Precursors Three Lineage of Brown Bess Four James I: From Matchlock to Snaphaunce Five Charles I and II: English Lock Military Arms of the English Civil War Six James II: Post-English Civil War Army Ordnance Flintlocks Seven William III & Mary: Army Ordnance Flintlock Arms Eight Queen Anne: Army Ordnance Flintlock Arms Nine George I: Non-Standard Colonel's Musket Ten George I: Pattern 1718 Iron-Mounted Muskets "Pattern of 10,000" Eleven George II: Ordnance System of Production Twelve George II: Brown Bess (King's Pattern Land Musket) Thirteen George II: (and George W.): The French & Indian War Fourteen George III: Before the American Revolution Epilogue George III: (vs George W.) The American Revolution Conclusion "Brown Bess" a poem by Rudyard Kipling Bibliography Index (Prefillable generated 2024-12-26) adf0aa6dd758e8894c81060d541ddae3

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