Firearms, Traps, & Tools of the Mountain Men by Carl P. Russell
This encyclopedic guide to the equipment of the trappers and fur traders who opened the Old West is a unique reference work that can be classified either as history or as archaeology. It describes and discusses hundreds of iron artifacts—rifles, shotguns, hatchets, axes, knives, traps, and miscellaneous tools—used by the mountain men from the early 1800s to the mid 1840s.
This paperback book is in very good condition with slight imperfections to the cover. The pages are in very good condition.
ISBN 10: 0826304656 / ISBN 13: 9780826304650
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication Date: 1977