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Post by darbyfett on Dec 4, 2010 5:22:33 GMT -5
I thought we could start a thread of required reading regarding buffalo hunters, for greenhorns such as myself and future members. My current shopping cart (thanks to Jameshunt):
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BUFFALO HUNTERS & SKINNERS - VOL. I & 2 (any word on when the other volumes will be published)
Getting a Stand - Miles Gilbert
Sharps Firearms - Frank Sellers
Additions?
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Post by malpaso on Dec 4, 2010 6:43:59 GMT -5
Another book that i have just read is The Buffalo harvest, This guy died aged 104, in 1954 and tells of his time Buffalo running in the 1870s.
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Post by buckskin billy on Dec 4, 2010 19:46:58 GMT -5
i have read the buffalo harvest cover to cover many times. its too short of a book i think maybe 100 pages but a good read all the same. i have asked santa for the aboved mentioned books, but i've been kind of bad this year so its a big maybe
i would also recommend frontier scout and buffalo hunters sketch book by jim hanson. good information to go by when developing a persona
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Post by jameshunt on Dec 19, 2010 20:53:32 GMT -5
The Buffalo Harvest is a good book, but for source material I'd be a bit cautious. Although Frank Myer was there, these are his recollections as an old man and some have expressed doubts regarding gun prices quoted, cartridges, etc. Never the less it should be in everyone's library.
Similarly "The Buffalo Hunters" by Mari Sandoz should probably be in the complete hunter's library, but it is not sourced for the most part and many find such an abundance of errors that many Question Sandoz as a historian, suggesting she is more of a writer of fiction (which is further supported by reading her work on the Little Big Horn Battle).
But other great books are:
"The Border and the Buffalo" by John R Cook, State House Press "Life of Billy Dixon" by Olive Dixon, State House Press "In Search of the Buffalo: The Story of J. Wright Mooar" by Charles Anderson, Pioneer Press
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Post by patriot on Dec 19, 2010 23:27:29 GMT -5
I dont know Pard you might be off his list next year too
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Post by darbyfett on Dec 20, 2010 3:49:11 GMT -5
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Post by brass on Dec 20, 2010 17:37:21 GMT -5
Fellows – I’d like to add a few references that are not buffalo hunting specific but are indeed great references for material cultural aspects of the 1870s. All are illustrated catalogs of the era and show goods that would have been easily commercially available during that era. Add the right express company to the mix and any of the items listed in the several catalogs below could have been shipped just about anywhere back in the day: J. H. Johnston Great Western Gun Works: Guns, Rifles, Revolvers, Ammunition, and Sporting Goods (1871) – reprint available from Cornell Publications, www.cornellpubs.comP. Powell & Son, Importers and Dealers in Muzzle and Breech Loading Guns and Gun Goods (catalogs of 1874 & 1875) – reprint available from Cornell Publications, www.cornellpubs.comJames Bown & Son Enterprise Gun Works: Headquarters for Sporting Goods and Ammunition of all Kinds (1876) – reprint available from Cornell Publications, www.cornellpubs.comIllustrated Catalogue of American Hardware of the Russell and Erwin Manufacturing Company (1865). Reprinted in 1980 by the Association of Preservation Technology and unfortunately no longer in print. You can still find these catalogs on occasion – if you can get one for $100 or less I recommend you do not hesitate to buy it. My edition is the best research investment for 436 pages I’ve ever spent money on. I have a rather large collection of 1880s reprint catalogs – most are available from Cornell - but I just listed the earlier stuff as such are more apropos to our era. Brass
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Post by darbyfett on Dec 21, 2010 4:43:13 GMT -5
Thanks for the recommendations Brass, a few more books to add to the Cornell shopping cart.
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