Description
This book is a comprehensive coverage of the history of the American Military Saddle. It incorporates actual photographs and official army drawings of original saddles and other horse equipment. In chronological order, the history of each specific area covered in its own chapter with text based on in depth research and period military documentation. SADDLES, SADDLE TREES, SADDLE BAGS, CANTLE BAGS and POMMEL POCKETS, BRIDLE BITS, STIRRUPS, SADDLE CLOTHS and SHABRAQUES, GIRTHS and SURCINGLES they are all comprehensively covered from the earliest days of the Revolutionary War to the final dismounting of the US mounted troops after World War II. This book has over 900 photographs and drawings and answers many questions about design, construction, modification, production and production facilities, issue and disposal of horse equipment through our nation’s history. This has been the standard reference work for the collector, student, researcher, museum and antique dealer. It is thoroughly researched with excellent photographs.
Author: R. Stephen Dorsey & Kenneth L. McPheeters
Publisher: Collectors Library
Year: 1999
Pages: 419
Condition: New
Binding: Hard bound
Additional Comments: still in original plastic
