Author: 
                    Whisker, James B. and Spiker, Kevin
         
         
 
    
            
                      
              Credentials: 
                    Ph. Ds, History; Dr. Whisker is emeritus professor of history West Virginia University, Dr Spiker is a professor of history at Ohio University
         
         
 
This study is a major reference work dealing in a thorough and complete fashion with every known gunsmith, inventor and manufacturer of firearms in Massachusetts from the earliest colonial smith to the industrial entities that flourished in Massachusetts and New England by the 1900s.  Original sources including but not limited to ,town,county and local histories, Commonwealth and National Archives, directories, memoirs, U.S.Patent office materials  and military procurement memoranda have been utilized to create  a complete biographical record.
    
            
                      
              Market: 
                    REFERENCE, New England history 1610 – 1900, arms and arms makers, Industrial development in New England,  Massachusetts  Industrial, Cultural and Social history ,American weaponry        
 
         
 
    
            
                      
              Release Date: 
                    February 5th, 2013        
 
         
 
    
            
                      
              ISBN: 
                    Cloth: 978-1-936320-56-1        
 
         
 
    
            
                      
              Illustrations: 
                    Yes - B/W photographs/graphs        
 
         
 
      Publisher: 
    
            
                    ACADEMICA PRESS
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