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David Silverman argues against the notion that Indians prized flintlock muskets more for their pyrotechnics than for their efficiency as tools of war. Native peoples fully recognized the potential of firearms to assist them in their struggles against colonial forces, and mostly against one another, as arms races erupted across North America.

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  • Title Thundersticks: Firearms and the Violent Transformation of Native America
  • Author David J. Silverman
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Hardback
  • Pages 360
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harvard University Press, Belknap Press
  • Date 2016-10-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9780674737471 / 0674737474
  • Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.2 in (23.62 x 16.26 x 3.05 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 17th Century
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
  • Library of Congress subjects Indians, Treatment of - North America, Indians of North America - Warfare - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016014834
  • Dewey Decimal Code 970.004

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  • Choice, 06/01/2017, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 09/01/2016, Page 124
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/29/2016, Page 0
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The adoption of firearms by American Indians between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries marked a turning point in the history of North America's indigenous peoples -- a cultural earthquake so profound, says David Silverman, that its impact has yet to be adequately measured. Thundersticks reframes our understanding of Indians' historical relationship with guns, arguing against the notion that they prized these weapons more for the pyrotechnic terror they inspired than for their efficiency as tools of war. Native peoples fully recognized the potential of firearms to assist them in their struggles against colonial forces, and mostly against one another.
The smooth-bore, flintlock musket was Indians' stock firearm, and its destructive potential transformed their lives. For the deer hunters east of the Mississippi, the gun evolved into an essential hunting tool. Most importantly, well-armed tribes were able… Read More
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