Here is a book for the historian, the student, the gun collector or aficionado. . . . It approaches understatement to call Guns on the Early Frontiers an outstanding contribution to firearms literature. It sets its own standard.-New York Times. A Glossary of Gun Terms, ample footnotes most skillfully arranged and illustrations beyond the dreams of avarice complement the text, which achieves the miracle of scholarship without tedium.-W. H. Hutchinson, San Francisco Chronicle. Not the least interesting portions of the book are the notes and glossary and the excellent bibliography. Here is a book designed primarily for the serious collector or gun historian, but whose readable style should appeal even to the casual amateur. The collecting of old guns, whether privately or by a public institution, involves a certain responsibility. These guns, whose history is inextricably linked with the history of settlement, require something more than careful preservations. They require-and the present volume goes far to supply-accurate documentation.-Canadian Historical Review. Carl P. Russell, a leading authority on firearms of the Ameri | Guns on the Early Frontiers by Carl P. Russell, Paperback | Indigo Chapters