Sioux, Crow, Blackfoot, Pawnee, Apache, Cheyenne. Not the feather-bonneted, gun-toting, horseback-riding stereotype of Hollywood movie fame or Old West legend, but the real Plains Indians of North America portrayed honestly in the clothing they actually wore, in realistic settings, performing everyday task. The richness and diversity of the costume and lifestyles of the Plain Indians are rarely presented with so much integrity. Here in 40 carefully researched, accurately and delicately rendered line drawings are the Indians of the Great Plains. Full captions identify the tribe and the...
Sioux, Crow, Blackfoot, Pawnee, Apache, Cheyenne. Not the feather-bonneted, gun-toting, horseback-riding stereotype of Hollywood movie fame or Old Wes...
From the earliest English settlements the survival of the infant colonies in North America depended upon local militias. Before the mid-18th century royal troops were seldom shipped out from Britain, and the main burden of successive wars with the American Indians, and with Britain's colonial rivals France and Spain, fell upon locally raised units, which also fought alongside the Crown forces during the major operations of the French-Indian War of the 1750s. This final book of a fascinating three-part study covers the militias and provincial troops raised in the Carolinas, Pennsylvania,...
From the earliest English settlements the survival of the infant colonies in North America depended upon local militias. Before the mid-18th century r...
By the time of his death in 1725 Peter the Great had placed Russia among the foremost European powers, and had created a military system that has infuenced the European balance of power until the present day. In this companion volume to Men-at-Arms 260, Peter the Great's Army 1: Infantry, Angus Konstam discusses Tsar Peter's cavalry, both the regular troops and irregular forces such as the Cossacks, exploring their composition and effectiveness, and also outlines the development of the Russian train of artillery. The Author's text is complemented by a multitude of illustrations and...
By the time of his death in 1725 Peter the Great had placed Russia among the foremost European powers, and had created a military system that has infu...
Peter F. Copeland David Rickman E. Lisle Reedstrom
A big book of coloring fun, packed with cowboys, desperados, prospectors, and pioneers Saddle up and take a trip back to the days of the Wild West with this giant coloring book. Packed with captivating details of frontier life, it features 118 full-page illustrations of dramatic historical events building the railroad, crossing the prairie, battling outlaws plus portraits of explorers, bandits, lawmen, and other real-life characters from an adventurous era. Scenes from pioneer life include a wagon train fending off an Indian attack, workmen erecting the first transcontinental telegraph...
A big book of coloring fun, packed with cowboys, desperados, prospectors, and pioneers Saddle up and take a trip back to the days of the Wild West...
