Books on sale......

[JimBob]

The University of Oklahoma Press currently is running a book sale with many titles of interest on the period covered by the GAF,several at a deep discount http://oupress.com/ECommerce/Book/Results/0/Title/true?Query=subject%3d14

[cpt dan blodgett]

I jumped on 11 of the over 200 books in the category and got free shipping.  Not sure why they have one book on the US Infantry and a 4 volume set on horse soldiers (only 3 orf 4 available).

Got several $4.00 books and $28 for a two volume set uniforms arms and equipment vs $30 for each of the volumes separately.

[JimBob]

That two volume set is a real bargain,regularly it's $90 from OU Press and $120 from dealers.I ordered one too.

[Cowtown Scout]

The Horse Soldiers 3 volumes are Great reference books, I have only seen vol 4 on-line in hardback and it's pricy.  The 2 volume set of Uniforms, Arms, and Equipment - The U.S. Army on the Western Frontier 1880-1892 is also a must have.  Those are fantastic prices.  If you don't have them, get them.
Scout

[Major 2]

I'll second Randy Steffen ....the Drawings & Plates alone are worth the price of admission

I bought my 4 Vol. hard bound copies maybe 30 years ago    I paid (if I recall) $ 90 for the set
I have only seen the complete hardbound set for sale once since then.... 

I also have United States Military Saddles, 1812-1943, I bought it when Randy was still alive.

He was great western artist

[cpt dan blodgett]

I did get the Vol I-III may have to search for the vol IV

Found one on Abebooks should arrive about the same time as the other books I ordered yesterday.

[G.W. Strong]

I gave that link to my wife Santa and she he came through with flying colors. I received copies of:

Uniforms, Arms, and Equipment: The U.S. Army on the Western Frontier 1880-1892 (2-Volume Set) - Douglas C. McChristian;

The U.S. Army in the West, 1870-1880: Uniforms, Weapons, and Equipment - Douglas C. McChristian

Horse Soldier,  Volumes. I through III - Randy Steffen

[rbertalotto]

Yup, Fantastic deal.............I got all these in the mail a few days ago for $61.00 including $17 shipping

[JimBob]

Sale runs thru Jan.3,2012.Some real bargains there guys if you look.

[FTrooper]

Hopalong,

You will love the McChristian Books!  They should answer ALL the questions you will have.  I can not suggest them enough to anyone interested in the US Army from 1865-1891!

As for the Horse Soldier, I have the set and use them frequently, but I have to warn of NUMEROUS errors in them.  Some of that research is now more than 45 years old.  So be warned that it is not definitive any more (with Vol. IV being compiled and edited from his notes AFTER his death).

Chris Fischer
F-Troop

[FTrooper]

I'd like to add that there are indeed several EXCELLENT works and some of them for dirt cheap prices!  I may have a second Xmas on my hands.

Chris Fischer
F-Troop

[Pitspitr]

Those 2 McChristian books are considered to be "The Bible" for serious reenactors.

[FTrooper]

I have to agree.  The fist volume and then the two part one are about all you really need for information of the uniforms and equipments of the Infantry and Cavalry (I've talked to Doug and he admits that there is alot of stuff pertaining to Artillery accoutrements to still be researched).

But a pair of books that normally sell for $95 on sale for $28.95!!!  Jeeze! (be careful, the sell the individual volumes for $30 each, make sure you are ordering the set).

There are dozens of books on there.  You can't beat the Horse Soldier for $7 a volume!  King's "Campaign with Cook" for $3.99 or Lowe's Five Years a Dragoon are all amazing books!

Also if you are a Second Dragoon-ophile like me, you have to get "From Everglades to Canyon"...its the Holy Bible and only $3.99!!!

Chris Fischer
F-Troop

...and yes, I just dropped $200 tonight.

[cpt dan blodgett]

I feel positively spartan, having only dropped slightly more than $100.

The wife claims every day is Christmas for me.

[Pitspitr]

The wife claims every day is Christmas for me.

I hear that a lot too.