A Legacy in Arms - American Firearm Manufacture, Design, and Artistry, 1800-1900

Informationen zum Autor Richard C. Rattenbury earned a B.A. degree in history from Texas Christian University and an M.A. in museum studies from Texas Tech University. Rattenbury formerly held curatorial positions with the Winchester Museum at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming, and with the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas. He has served as curator of history at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum since 1987 and is the author of Hunting the American West, The Art of American Arms Makers, and Packing Iron: Gunleather of the Frontier West. Richard resides with his wife, Suzette, in Edmond, Oklahoma. Klappentext The history of American firearms is inseparable from the history of the United States, for firearms have played crucial roles in the nation's founding, westward expansion, and industrial, economic, and cultural development. This history unfolds in compelling words and images in A Legacy in Arms , a volume that draws upon the collections of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City to trace the business and art of gun making from the early national period to the turn of the twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Rattenbury, Richard C. Rattenbury, Richard C./ Wilson Rattenbury
• Assisted by: Ed Muno (Photographs)
• Publisher: University Of Oklahoma Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.10.2014
• EAN: 9780806144771
• ISBN: 978-0-8061-4477-1
• Series: Western Legacies; Western Legacies; The Western Legacies Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques