The Guns That Won the West: Firearms on the American Frontier, 1848-1898

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Summary: One of the better ones, IF...
Review: Out of the variously titled "Guns of the Old, Wild or Whatever West" books, this is one of the better ones in terms of describing the guns and putting the overall historical picture into perspective. HOWEVER, it is very short on illustrations and photographs. I'd recommend it to anyone who has any of the other references that are strong on two page color layouts of a whole mess of guns, but very little meat about them as a sort of companion volume, but wouldn't recommend it very strongly as a stand-alone reference. Maybe the most valuable feedback I can give is that I already have most of the available books on the topic, got tired of checking this one out of the library and finally bought my own copy.