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Sniper: A History of the US Marksman.
by Pegler, Martin
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Good
- ISBN 10
- 1841769797
- ISBN 13
- 9781841769790
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Osprey, 2007., 2007. 1st ed. 280p. Photos. Jacket priced. Fine/Good Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Good.
Synopsis
Martin Pegler was born in 1954 and has a BA Hons in Medieval and Modern History and an MA in Museum Studies, both from University College, London. He is the author of a number of books including ' The Military Sniper since 1914 ' (Osprey, 2001); and ' Firearms in the American West 1700-1900 ' (The Crowood Press, 2002), and he has also contributed to a number of magazines. In the 1980s he had the privilege of interviewing many World War I veterans about their wartime experiences, and the recordings are now part of the sound archives of the Imperial War Museum, London. Martin was the Senior Curator of Firearms at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds for many years. He now lives in the Somme, France, where he and his wife run a small bed and breakfast, which is situated on top of the old German front line! Martin has established The Somme Historical Centre (www.martinpegler.com), where visitors can see the technology used in the 1914-18 trench warfare. He is currently an author and firearms consultant and he also lectures at local Great War museums. In his spare time Martin runs motorcycle tours of the Somme battlefield. The author lives in Somme, France.
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- Bookseller
- Military Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59-846B
- Title
- Sniper: A History of the US Marksman.
- Author
- Pegler, Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 1841769797
- ISBN 13
- 9781841769790
- Publisher
- Osprey, 2007.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Bookseller catalogs
- ORDNANCE / SMALL ARMS; AMERICANA / US ARMY; List 59; List 97;
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