Recommended Reading

du Mont, John S. American engraved powder horns: the golden age, 1755-1783 Canaan, N.H.: Phoenix, c1978.

Grancsay, Stephen V. American engraved powder horns Philadelphia: Ray Riling Arms Book Co., 1965, c1946.

Grant, Madison:
The Kentucky rifle hunting pouch, its contents and accoutrements as used by the frontiersman, hunter, and Indians York, Penn.: The Author, c1977
The knife in homespun America and related items York, Penn.: Maple Press Co., c1984
Powder horns and their architecture York, Penn.: Maple-Vail Book Mfg. Group, c1987

Guthman, William H.:
Powder horns of the French and Indian Wars, 1755-1763. Antiques, 114, #2 (August 1978): pp 312-331.
Drums a’beating, trumpets sounding, artistically carved powder horns in the provincial manner 1746-1781 Lunnenburg, Vermont: Stinehour Press, c1993

Minnis, Gordon B. American Primitive Knives 1770-1780 Bloomfield, Ontario KOK 1GO: Museum Restoration Service, c1983.

Neumann, George C.:
Collector’s Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Revolution Harrisburg, Penn.: Stackpole Books, c1975. Reprint: Texarkana, Texas, Rebel Publishing Co.
Swords and Blades of the American Revolution c1973. Reprint: Texarkana, Texas, Rebel Publishing Co.

Swayze, Nathan L. Engraved powder horns of the French and Indian Wars and Revolutionary War era Yazoo City, Miss.: Gun Hill, c1978

Web, Jim Sketches of hunting pouches, powder horns, and accoutrements of the Southern Appalachia 1998 additional information. Limited edition of 800 copies. c1990.

Recommended Reading

The following books contain a wealth of information on traditional styles for hunting bags, powder horns, accessories, and decoration.