[PDF] Longbow eBook

Author : Stephen Graf
Publisher : Stephen Graf
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 47,4 MB
Release : 2017-06-16
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ISBN : 9780990782667

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In this book you will find easy-to-follow instructions for making your own American Longbow from scratch, and advice on how to shoot it. It will take you through the entire process of building a bow, from design to construction. In addition, it explores both the philosophical and concrete reasons why making your own bow will add to the story of your good life. If you've ever thought about making your own bow, this book is a good place to start.

Author : Wayne Grant
Publisher :
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 15,42 MB
Release : 2014-10-14
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ISBN : 9781502490568

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Roland Inness desperately needs meat for his starving family, but he takes the wrong deer on the wrong nobleman's land. Worse yet, he uses his longbow, a weapon outlawed and suppressed by the Norman overlords of England. Now they are coming for him. With one shot the 14 year old peasant boy is launched on a desperate flight that takes him from the mountains of Derbyshire to the wild frontier of Wales and on to the court of Richard the Lionheart. Along the way he is hunted by a paid killer, aided by a strange monk named Tuck, and taken in by a gruff Norman knight, who values his amazing skill with the bow. That skill and his courage are sorely tested as he fights to earn the trust of his new master.

Author : Linda Davies
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 46,1 MB
Release : 2016-02-23
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0545853591

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The stunningly written start to an exciting new trilogy about a smart, strong, bold girl who travels back in time to protect her family's past and ensure its future using her archery skills. Set in the wilds of the Welsh mountains, the brave and beautiful longbow girl, Merry Owen, discovers a river that takes her back in time to the autocratic kingdom of King Henry VIII. While there she finds she must compete in an archery tournament to save her ancestors' land from being seized by their aristocratic neighbors the de Courcys. Merry's best friend James de Courcy (and heir to the de Courcy wealth) follows her back in time and the two get tangled up in their families' ancient histories. There are forces working against them both in the past and the present. Will they be able to survive their pasts to save their futures?

Author : Mike Loades
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 22,15 MB
Release : 2013-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1782000860

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An iconic medieval missile weapon, the deadly longbow made possible the English victories at Crecy and Poitiers at the height of the Hundred Years' War. The longbow was the weapon at the heart of the English military ascendancy in the century after 1340. Capable of subjecting the enemy to a hail of deadly projectiles, the longbow in the hands of massed archers made possible the extraordinary victories enjoyed by English forces over superior numbers at Crécy and Poitiers, and remained a key battlefield weapon throughout the Wars of the Roses and beyond. It also played a leading role in raiding, siege and naval warfare. Its influence and use spread to the armies of Burgundy, Scotland and other powers, and its reputation as a cost-effective and easily produced weapon led to calls for its widespread adoption among the nascent armies of the American Republic as late as the 1770s.

Author : Jay Campbell
Publisher : Ravens Eye Press LLC
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 40,13 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Bowhunting
ISBN : 9780984005604

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A story of the wild adventures of Jay and Karen Campbell, who chase big game with the longbow in Australia, Alaska, Hawaii, and the Caribbean, weaves their complicated life and deadly encounters with big rivers and big animals while still showing the joy is in the journey.

Author : John Hamilton
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 13,60 MB
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1614784299

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This title explores the development and use of the versatile AH-64D Apache Longbow attach helicopter. Readers will follow the history of its origins, from the AH-56 Cheyenne to the AH-64. Chapters detail the aircraft's military and performance specifications as well as its features and advantages in the field, such as its Northrop Grumman millimeter-wave Longbow radar, its two turboshaft engines, and its powerful guns and missiles. Readers will also learn about the Apache Longbow's use in Panama, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Anaconda, and other significant combat and peacekeeping missions. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. A&D Xtreme is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author : Mike Loades
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 31,13 MB
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1472825527

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War bows dominated battlefields across the world for centuries. In their various forms, they allowed trained archers to take down even well-armoured targets from great distances, and played a key role in some of the most famous battles in human history. The composite bow was a versatile and devastatingly effective weapon, on foot, from chariots and on horseback for over a thousand years, used by cultures as diverse as the Hittites, the Romans, the Mongols and the Ottoman Turks. The Middle Ages saw a clash between the iconic longbow and the more technologically sophisticated crossbow, most famously during the Hundred Years War, while in Japan, the samurai used the yumi to deadly effect, unleashing bursts of arrows from their galloping steeds. Historical weapons expert Mike Loades reveals the full history of these four iconic weapons that changed the nature of warfare. Complete with modern ballistics testing, action recreations of what it is like to fire each bow and a critical analysis of the technology and tactics associated with each bow, this book is a must-have for anyone interested in ancient arms.

Author : Robert Hardy
Publisher : Sutton Pub Limited
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,68 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750943918

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This carefully researched history traces the longbow from its earliest beginnings to its present-day status.

Author : Brian J. Sorrells
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,76 MB
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0811760340

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Advice on all aspects of selecting and shooting a longbow, including buying custom and choosing arrows.