The Search for Corporal Dow - Our book is published
Our book "The Search for Corporal Dow" is now published. We are really pleased with how it turned out - and look forward to helping people uncover the provenance of antique firearms and other objects, along with the genealogy of their owners, especially American veterans. Several years were spent poring over dusty files in museums and exploring the internet to research this book. But what a joy to have the information on Corporal Dow and his Sharps rifle.
posted by Linda @ 8:38 PM
3 Comments:
This book is an excellent reference, of use not only to people who want to research firearms but also to anyone who is interested in geneology. Moreover, the data is woven around the authors' personal experience with a Civil War rifle. Their story affords a vivid personal example of how the book can be used.
MW
We just got our copy and to say the least we were thrilled, both with the information contained, but also with our "story" of our particular efforts in establishing the history of an "old" Sharps rifle. After reading this book, we wish that we had had it at the time we first got started on our search, but this book has already enabled us to further our efforts on establishing a link to a Medal of Honor winner in the Civil War to another of our Sharps rifles in our collection. To say the least, Gene and Linda, your efforts are, and will be much appreciated in the future.
I found several engrossing stories in this book. The writing was easy to read and kept drawing me further into the story.
The story of Corporal Dow was fascinating. I had no idea one could learn so much from an antique firearm. Learning of all the records available for research is inspiring me to resume a genealogy hobby I left many years ago.
My favorite chapter was the story of the James Gang. Like the author, I grew up in southern Minnesota knowing very little of the story, and I was transported back to conversations I over heard as a child.
The CD makes it very easy to find numerous research sites. I’m already beginning to search civil and revolutionary war records for relatives I’ve heard of.
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