Author: Bruce S. Bazelon and William F. McGuinn
Publisher: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, Dec 2014
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1-931464-68-5
Synopsis
The long-awaited companion to the widely acclaimed Directory of American Miltary Goods Dealers & Makers, 1785-1915 (Combined Edition), this Volume 2 is entirely new and none of the information is duplicated from the previous edition. 9x11 inches, 615 pgs.
More Information
Completing what has now become a forty-year effort to record the names of artisans and firms who manufactured, imported or dealt in military goods, Volume 2 not only more than doubles the data presented earlier, but expands the date range to 1740 through 1950. This mass of fresh information is partly due to the astounding number of period documents, most importantly newspaper advertisements, that can now be searched online. Because they have already been catalogued extensively by other researchers, firearms manufacturers and dealers are not the primary concern of this book. However, they are included when the information discovered breaks new ground. This is especially true of firms found in the Bannerman Papers, which revealed a number of dealers who were previously unknown to us. So whether your interest is swords, buckles, drums, uniforms, buttons, hats, insignia or any other type of military item, you are sure to find this book an indispensible tool in understanding the careers of the various dealers and makers that you encounter.
About The Author:
Miles Nolte was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and raised in Kailua. After high school he attended Pitzer College in Claremont, California where he earned a Batchelor's Degree in English and World Literature. After college Miles moved to Botswana where he spent two years teaching writing and occasionally casting streamers at tigerfish.
In 2002, Miles returned to Hawaii where he lived with his parents, surfed, and worked days as a carpenter's apprentice, and nights as a cocktail server at the local country club. In 2003, he used his savings to buy a plane ticket to Bozeman, Montana.
For the next three years Miles fished 150 days a year, taught snowboarding, waited tables, and worked as an advisor and teacher's assistant in the English department at Montana State University. It was during this time that he cultivated a long-distance fascination with Alaska's famed Bristol Bay watershed.
In 2006, Miles realized that the only way he'd ever get to fish Alaska was to work there. At that point he applied for the guiding job that eventually spanned two and a half summers and led to the writing of this book.
Currently, Miles is back in Bozeman fulltime with plans to eventually attend graduate school. Until then, he'll continue to teach snowboarding, work in the same restaurant that keeps him employed between seasons, and guide fly fishermen everywhere he can.