Thundersticks

Nonfiction, History, Military, Weapons, Americas, United States, Colonial Period (1600-1775), Native American
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Author: David J. Silverman ISBN: 9780674974746
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: October 10, 2016
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: David J. Silverman
ISBN: 9780674974746
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: October 10, 2016
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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