Thundersticks

Type

Book

Authors

David J. Silverman

Tags

Native American, Colonial Period, Conventional, Native American Studies, 19th Century, Weapons

Description

David Silverman argues against the notion that Indians prized flintlock muskets more for their pyrotechnics than for their efficiency as tools of war. Native peoples fully recognized the potential of firearms to assist them in their struggles against colonial forces, and mostly against one another, as arms races erupted across North America. - from Amzon

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