Herbert Arment Sherlock

Black Powder Snapshots Herbert Arment Sherlock Reprint edition

Black Powder Snapshots is an illustrated history of the use of black powder firearms in American history. Herbert Arment Sherlock (1899-1983) illustrates the use of black powder rifles and pistols with exciting vignettes of colonial, western, and military scenes. Sherlock was a modern user of black powder firearms and an authority on their use in the early days of America. As an artist, he highlights the subject in such a delightful manner as to inform and inspire anyone with an interest in this historical period. Black Powder Snapshots was first published in 1946.