Reviews for Louisiana: An Illustrated History

The average rating for Louisiana: An Illustrated History based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-07-02 00:00:00 Eric Fuller This book was first published in the 1970s and updated a couple of times since. The role of the longbow in both hunting/gathering and in war. Parts are quite technical and those I just browsed. The recovery of Henry VIII's favorite ship, the Mary Rose, in the early 1980s produced a vast store of unused longbows which has had a big impact on research in this field (they usually rot away, become firewood, etc.). The author added a major chapter at the end of the book as a result. It's out of print in the US right now -- this is the English version ordered from London via Amazon. Did I mention I was a geek?

Review # 2 was written on 2020-09-09 00:00:00 LAURENT MIRABEL This book, while more of a textbook and manual than anything, was absolutely helpful in my research of the Hundred Years War in which longbow men were highly sought after and greatly and effectively utilized to soundly defeat the French on many occasions. It beings with the basic history of archery all the way to the most recent uses of longbows and their wooden descendants. There are even some sections that describe how to make long bows with modern tools. Great and informative read.