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[wganz]

Can't comment on that book but another good one is Of Sorts for Provincials by Jim Mullins, it has some short barreled guns in there.

https://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/278/1/BOOK-OSFP

Thanks for the lead.
We need to put together a FAQ of recommended reading

 

[Grenadier1758]

@Grenadier1758
Saw this book when ordering the above book. Do you have it? Read it? Recommend getting it?

The Art of the English Trade Gun in North America

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I did get this book. It is an in-depth study of the significance of the art, specifically the sideplates, of English Trade Guns and how the art evolved. It goes into the European origins of the artwork and what that art meant to the Native Americans who were purchasing the guns. There is a timeline of sorts that can be assigned to the artwork on the sideplates. There is a subtlety associated with the art that belies the simplicity of the gun itself.