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REFERENCE, GENERAL
Seedtime on the Cumberland, by Harriette Simpson Arnow
Flowering of the Cumberland, by Harriette Simpson Arnow
The Voice of the Frontier: John Bradford's Notes on Kentucky, edited by Thomas D. Clark
Collector's Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Revolution, by G. C. Neumann & F. J. Kravic
The History Of Weapons Of The American Revolution, by George C. Neumann
The Age of Firearms, A Pictorial History, by Robert Held
The Frontier Rifleman, by Richard B. LaCrosse, Jr.
Tidings From the 18th Century, by Beth Gilgun
Lewis and Clark Among the Indians, by James P. Ronda
Undaunted Courage, by Stephen J. Ambrose
George Rogers Clark and the War in the West, by Lowell H. Harrison
The Long Hunt, by Ted Franklin Belue
Foxfire Series (especially No. 5), edited by Eloit Wigginton
Sketchbook '56 series, by Ted Spring
Sketch Book '76, by Robert L. Klinger
The Longhunter's Sketch Book, by Dr. James A. Hanson
The Mountain Man's Sketch Book, Vol. 1 & 2, by James A. Hanson & Kathyrin J. Wilson
The Frontier Scout and Buffalo Hunter's Sketch Book, by James A. Hanson
Books of Buckskinning, I-VIII, by Muzzleloader Magazine
Flintlock and Tomahawk: New England in King Philip's War, by Douglas Edward Leach
Travels, by William Bartram
Histories of the Dividing Line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina, by William Byrd
The Road to Guilford Courthouse, by John Buchanan
Arms and Armor in Colonial America- 1526-1783, by Harold L. Peterson, 1956
Firearms in Colonial America- The Impact on History and Technology, 1492-1792, by M. L. Brown
Sons of a Trackless Forest, by Mark A. Baker
Border Life: Experience and Memory in the Revolutionary Ohio Valley, by Elizabeth A. Perkins
The Spirit of Seventy-Six: The Story of the American Revolution as Told by Participants, by H. S. Commager & R. B. Morris
The Hunters of Kentucky: A Narrative History of America's First Far West, 1750-1792, by Ted Franklin Belue
Letters from an American Farmer and Sketches of Eighteenth-century America, by J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur
Crucible of War, The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766, by Fred Anderson
ACCOUTERMENTS
The Kentucky Rifle Hunting Pouch, by Madison Grant
The Knife in Homespun America, by Madison Grant
Powder Horns and Their Architecture, by Madison Grant
American Engraved Powder Horns, The J. H. Grenville Gilbert Collection, by Stephen V. Grancsay
A Brief History of Bullet Moulds, by Codman Parkerson
Tomahawks Illustrated, by Robert Kuck
How to Scrimshaw and Carve Ivory, by Blackie Collins
Dress & Accoutrements of the Overmountain Men, 1775–1783. Andy Thomas, 2000
SHOOTING, HUNTING
Black Powder Handbook, by Lyman Products, C. Kenneth Rammage, editor
The Complete Black Powder Handbook, by Sam Fadala
The Black Powder Handgun, by Sam Fadala
Blackpowder Loading Manual, by Sam Fadala
Black Powder Hunting, by Sam Fadala
Sam Fadala's Muzzleloading Notebook, by Sam Fadala,1985
The Advanced Muzzleloader's Guide, by Toby Bridges
Muzzeloading For Whitetails, by Toby Bridges
Black Powder Guide, by George C. Nonte, Jr.
The Bullet's Flight, by F. W. Mann
Understanding Ballistics, by Robert A. Rinker
The Muzzleloading Rifle Handbook, Published by NRA/NMLRA
The Muzzleloading Shotgun Handbook, Published by NRA/NMLRA
The Muzzleloading Pistol Handbook, Published by NRA/NMLRA
The Improved American Rifle, by John Ratcliffe Chapman, 1848
BIOGRAPHY, JOURNALS, Etc.
Old Bill Williams, Mountain Man, by Alpheus H. Favour
Journal of a Trapper 1834-1843, by Osborne Russell
Wah-to-yah and the Taos Trail, by Lewis H. Garrard
The River of the West; The Adventures of Joe Meek, by Francis Fuller Victor
Bill Sublette, Mountain Man, by John E. Sunder
Jim Bridger, by J. Cecil Alter
Jedediah Smith and the Opening of the West, by Dale L. Morgan
Across the Shining Mountains, by Christian McCord
The Life of Daniel Boone, by Lyman C. Draper, LL.D, edited by Ted Franklin Belue
FICTION
The Kentuckians, by Janice Holt Giles
Oh, Kentucky, by Betty Layman Receveur
Carry the Wind, by Terry C. Johnston
Borderlords, by Terry C. Johnston
One-Eyed Dream, by Terry C. Johnston
Winter Rain, by Terry C. Johnston
Cry of the Hawk, by Terry C. Johnston
Dream Catcher, by Terry C. Johnston
Dance on the Wind, by Terry C. Johnston
Buffalo Palace, by Terry C. Johnston
The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper
The Big Sky, by A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
Drums Along the Mohawk, by Walter D. Edmonds
The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane
The Canebrake Men, by Cameron Judd
The Overmoutain Men, by Cameron Judd
Boone, by Cameron Judd
The Rifleman, by John Brick
HISTORICAL FICTION-BIOGRAPHY
Long Knife, by James Alexander Thom
From Sea to Shining Sea, by James Alexander Thom
Follow the River, by James Alexander Thom
The Red Heart, by James Alexander Thom
That Dark and Bloody River, by Allan W. Eckert
Blue Jacket: War Chief of the Shawnees, by Allan W. Eckert
The Court Martial of Daniel Boone, by Allan W. Eckert
Johnny Logan: Shawnee Spy, by Allan W. Eckert
A Sorrow in Our Heart: The Life of Tecumseh, by Allan W. Eckert
The Frontiersmen, by Allan W. Eckert
The Conquerors, by Allan W. Eckert
The Wilderness War, by Allan W. Eckert
Gateway to Empire, by Allan W. Eckert
Wilderness Empire, by Allan W. Eckert
Twilight of Empire, by Allan W. Eckert
Northwest Passage, by Kenneth Roberts
Arundel, by Kenneth Roberts
Rabble in Arms, by Kenneth Roberts
Oliver Wiswell, by Kenneth Roberts
The Battle of Cowpens, by Kenneth Roberts
March to Quebec, by Kenneth Roberts
Captain Caution, by Kenneth Roberts
VIDEOS
Hershel House Building the Kentucky Rifle (2 vols.), by American Pioneer Video
Hershel House Building the Hawken, by American Pioneer Video
Wallace Gusler, The Gunsmith of Williamsburg
Wallace Gusler, The Gunsmith of Williamsburg, Engraving and Carving
Mark Baker The Longhunter Series (4 vols.), by American Pioneer Video
Contemporary Kentucky Rifles vol. I & II, by American Pioneer Video
John's Muzzleloader Shooting, by John Marotzke
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