This book on "Gunsmiths and Allied Tradesmen of Alabama" represents an exhaustive and comprehensive effort to identify and list all known gunsmiths who lived and worked in Alabama from 1790 to the early 1900's and produced some of the most important items of Alabama history and culture, Few tangible examples have survived, yet these few are a significant window into the past of our ancestors and the lives of these pioneers.

Listing of gunsmiths and gunmakers who worked in the State of North Carolina from the earliest times to 1900. Photographs of a number of fine long rifles made in North Carolina.