WESTERN HISTORY
Buffalo hunting & the West
Buffalo rifles, hunters, Sharps firearms, and the material history of the nineteenth-century plains. These are strong places to begin, whether you are identifying an example, researching a purchase, or building a specialist library.
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REFERENCEThe Buffalo HuntersMari Sandoz
Buffalo hunting & the West
The Buffalo Hunters
A classic narrative history of the commercial hide hunters and the world they transformed.
View Price & Availability ↗REFERENCESharps FirearmsFrank Sellers
Buffalo hunting & the West
Sharps Firearms
The standard historical and collector reference to Sharps rifles and their variations.
View Price & Availability ↗REFERENCEThe Plains RifleCharles E. Hanson Jr.
Buffalo hunting & the West
The Plains Rifle
A concise material history of the rifles carried across the plains and used in the fur and buffalo trades.
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