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Boarders Away, Volume II: Firearms of the Age of Fighting Sail | 
 enlarge | Author: William Gilkerson
Publisher: Andrew Mowbray Pub
Category: Book
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 1352655
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 331
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 8.4 x 1.1
ISBN: 0917218566
Dewey Decimal Number: 359.820973
EAN: 9780917218569
ASIN: 0917218566
Publication Date: June 1, 1993
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Completing a two-volume set, this book covers the pistols, muskets, combustibles and small cannon used aboard American and European fighting ships, 1626-1826. There are 200 photos plus technical and historical drawings.
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Excellent book!!! June 26, 2006
Dan (Pontotoc, Ms USA)
This book is very informative and well researched. It, however, does not contain a lot of colour photos. Nevertheless, the book is excellent in content and very useful for research. It, along with the Vol 1, are necessities to any nautical library.
Great source of information May 15, 2006
Michael N. Ryan (Bel AIr, Maryland USA)
An excellant source of information to anyone interested in the age of fighting sail. Not just firarms of the period are covered but all gunpowder weapons used for combat by ships at sea of the period. Provides a great wealth of information and insight into the imagination and genius of the weapons desighners of the period.
Great book and very great reading.
Another EXCELLENT Reference Book December 20, 2002
Peter Stines (Anahuac, Texas USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Students of navy history in the age of fighting sail are in for a feast! This is the BEST book I've read to date on the firearms of the sea service. From muskets, pistols, volley guns, carronades, grenades and other incinderaries, Gilkerson does an outstanding job with the subject. By the time I was finished with this one, I was ready to strap on a cutlass and a brace of pistols!
An EXCELLENT Reference Book !!! December 20, 2002
Peter Stines (Anahuac, Texas USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
What can I say, but WOW!!! This is an EXCELLENT book on the edged tools and weapons used during the age of fighting sail.
Well documented, with exceptional line drawings and paintings, this book is a MUST for museum curators, collectors, reenactors, artists and navy historians. Even if you are not an "anchor clanker" at heart, you can almost smell the salt air and feel the spray...
Highly recommended to anyone interested in naval history April 7, 2000
Stefan Patejak
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
There is a vast literature on naval warfare in the age of sail. William Gilkerson's two volume set, Boarders Away, deals with the fascinating topic of boarding actions and their weapons and tactics. Although covering the entire age of fighting sail, his emphasis is on the period 1775-1815 and on the British, French, and American navies.Volume I, With Steel, covers edged weapons and polearms. Chapter I gives a general description of boarding actions. Included is a detailed account of the 1813 action between HMS Shannon and USS Chesapeake. Other chapters discuss boarding axes, boarding pikes, cutlasses, officers swords and dirks, and miscellaneous weapons (knives, belaying pins, flensing spades, etc.) The text discussed these subjects in lavish detail. Included are are extracts from logs and other primary sources. The folio-sized volume is lavishly illustrated with hundreds of drawings and photographs. The cover photo above is an example of one of the colored plates.
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