A Sure Defence The Bowie Knife Book Kenneth J Burton HB 1988 Illustrated weapons

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BOWIE KNIFE BOOKHARDBACK. A SURE DEFENCE. SIGNED ON INSIDE PAGE, LOOKS LIKE THE AUTHORS SIGNITURE. TRACING THE ORIGINS OF THE BOWIE FROM AMERICA, THIS UNIQUE KNIFE BECAME A PART OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE,AND HISTORY DURING THE OPENING UP OF THE WEST AND THE GOLDFIELDS. THE SHEFFIELD TRADE, FIGURES PROMINENTLY IN THIS STUDY, AND THE 23 PAGE LISTING OF SHEFFIELD MAKERS AND TRADERS IS INVALUABLE. 99 PAGES. 116 ILLUSTRATIONS. postage by recorded delivery. I will also include with this book, a very interesting dvd of a knife maker showing his bowie knives, and one of his custom bowies knives based on the bart moore bowie that was once owned by jim bowie,and said to have come from the Alamo. and the reasons behind the design of that knife.