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Sniper: a History of the US Marksman
by Pegler, Martin
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 1841769797
- ISBN 13
- 9781841769790
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About This Item
New York: Osprey Pub Co, 2007. 280pp including glossary, bibliography, and index Photographs "an in-depth study of the development of the rifle and the parallel emergence of the American rifleman, sharpshooter, and sniper. Beginning his story with the earliest firearms introcuced in the 15th century, and using contemporary accounts and photographs, Pegler traces the marksman's evolution throughout the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and the conflicts of the 20th and 21st century...concludes with a study of the American sniper and the sniping rifle in modern warfare...". Cloth Hardback. As New/As New.
Synopsis
Martin Pegler was born in 1954 and has a BA Hons in Medieval and Modern History and an MA in Museum Studies, both from University College, London. He is the author of a number of books including ' The Military Sniper since 1914 ' (Osprey, 2001); and ' Firearms in the American West 1700-1900 ' (The Crowood Press, 2002), and he has also contributed to a number of magazines. In the 1980s he had the privilege of interviewing many World War I veterans about their wartime experiences, and the recordings are now part of the sound archives of the Imperial War Museum, London. Martin was the Senior Curator of Firearms at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds for many years. He now lives in the Somme, France, where he and his wife run a small bed and breakfast, which is situated on top of the old German front line! Martin has established The Somme Historical Centre (www.martinpegler.com), where visitors can see the technology used in the 1914-18 trench warfare. He is currently an author and firearms consultant and he also lectures at local Great War museums. In his spare time Martin runs motorcycle tours of the Somme battlefield. The author lives in Somme, France.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 78167
- Title
- Sniper: a History of the US Marksman
- Author
- Pegler, Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 1841769797
- ISBN 13
- 9781841769790
- Publisher
- Osprey Pub Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- Sniper Marksmanship Military History Fireaarms Rifle Warfare Modern Weapons Technology Mawhinney, Chuck
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
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