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Sharpshooters (1750-1900): The Men, Their Guns, Their Story
by: Gary Yee
Product Details
Since Gary's book is so new there is no Review of
his book, but...when I receive one that I can legally post here I will
do so. If any readers of this site would like to write one up for us,
it would be gladly received and published. • Hardcover: 856 pages • Publisher: Sharpshooters Press • Language: English • ISBN: 978-0-9824813-0-1 So, I present the following comments: Excuse me while I stand up on my stump (Gary Yee). Sharpshooter Press (me, a one man operation), proudly announces the publication of its first book, Sharpshooters (1750-1900): The Men, Their Guns, Their Story.
Divided into fifteen chapters, it
covers the early blackpowder muzzle loading riflemen who delivered
death from a distance. From the early American frontiersmen and his
German jaeger counterpart through the Civil War and into the eclipse of
blackpowder in the late nineteenth century, it is the most definitive
and exhausting examination of the early sharpshooter to date. Don't let
the 856 page length scare you off as sixty or so pages are just the
bibliography and the index. The book is illustrated with over 150 maps,
drawings and photographs and one original painting. Price is $45 plus
$5 post & packing. Stepping off my stump now. http://www.sharpshooterpress.com Over 600 of its 856 pages concerns the Civil War and Sharpshooters is the most exhaustive study of the Civil War sharpshooter to date. Go to the link for more information including some book excerpts, and how to contact Gary. http://www.sharpshooterpress.com As per Gary's website: Gary Yee has a lifelong interest in military history. As the director of security at San Francisco's Fine Arts Museums, he has given presentations before the Smithsonian Conference on Cultural Property Protection and the American Association of Museums. As the director of security for the San Francisco War Memorial Performing Arts Center, he serves on the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Archives and Trophies. A former law enforcement firearms instructor and armorer, he currently builds long-rifles, hunting bags and powder horns. He has articles published in Muzzle Blasts and Muzzle Loader, Gettysburg, The Skirmish Line and The Firearms Instructor, magazines. He is a life member of the Company of Military Historians, International Naval Research Organization, National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association and the National Rifle Association. ----------------------------------------------------- And now...... ......Feedback from a British Sniper A copy was given to Roy Chandler (author of Death From Afar, Vol 1-5, White Feather, The One Shot Brotherhood) to Harry Furness, a British sniper who fought in World War II. Here's an excerpt of his letter to me: "Your scholarly research is really stunning and in such great depth, that it will most certainly become of the greatest importance to any war historian, in fact it will be 'a must have' book for any major historical reference library, it will obviously be accepted as a classic on this subject. Your book 'Sharpshooters' is a masterful account of the facts of now legendary pioneer Sharpshooters in early America and particularly so covering the Civil War period. It is quite a remarkable book."' Gary is also a moderator, at a weapons website, (www.thehighroad.org/ ) in a section involving Blackpowder. This section alone has 6,642 threads (topics) with presently a total of 84, 509 posts. (Dec. 5, 2009) His “handle’ is 4v50 Gary The following addy is for a section Gary started for a collection of sharpshooter stories; http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=36853 |
