Weapons of Mississippi / Kevin Dougherty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dougherty, Kevin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weapons--Mississippi--History.

Weapons.

History, Military.

History.

Mississippi--History.

Mississippi.

Mississippi--History, Military.

Physical Description:

viii, 266 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2010]

Contents:

Atlatls, bows and arrows, and striking weapons : weapons of the Mississippi Indians

Guns, steel, and forts : weapons of the Europeans in Mississippi

Militias, outlaws, and Kentucky rifles : weapons of territorial Mississippi

Dueling and slavery : weapons of antebellum Mississippi

Mississippi rifles : weapons of Mississippians in Mexico

Ironclads and torpedoes : weapons on the water in Civil War Mississippi

Siege guns and sabers : weapons on the land in Civil War Mississippi

Rifles, bows, and guns : weapons of Mississippi hunters and private citizens

Training camps and military mobilization : weapons of Mississippi during the two world wars

Firebombs and ropes : weapons of terror in Mississippi

Ships, aircraft, and artillery : weapons of Mississippi's post World War II military-industrial complex

Nuclear testing : weapons of the atomic age in Mississippi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781604734515

1604734515

9781604734522

1604734523

OCLC:

466361403