This book is an educational primer, providing a concise prepatory overview of early British infantry flintlocks in context. Written for history lovers and antique militaria collectors, Evolution of the Brown Bess Musket is lavishly illustrated with artwork, period documents, and flintlock-era British military weapons, many published for the first time. Covering basics for newcomers, new objects and concepts will also interest more experienced scholars and collectors. This holistic monarch-by-monarch journey explores and summarizes how early military flintlocks arms and tactics inter-relate with events in British and Colonial American history. George Washington's formative pre-1776 career is also featured. As a user-friendly readable book presenting artifacts as part of history, we witness the evolution of America, Great Britain, and the early British Empire, yielding relevant insights into the world as it is today.

Chapters include:

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Anatomy of Brown Bess

Glossary

One British Monarchies int the Flintlock Age

Two Matchlocks & Wheelocks: British Infantry Musket Precursors

Three Lineage of Brown Bess

Four James I: From Matchlock to Snaphaunce

Five Charles I and II: English Lock Military Arms of the English Civil War

Six James II: Post-English Civil War Army Ordnance Flintlocks

Seven William III & Mary: Army Ordnance Flintlock Arms

Eight Queen Anne: Army Ordnance Flintlock Arms

Nine George I: Non-Standard Colonel's Musket

Ten George I: Pattern 1718 Iron-Mounted Muskets "Pattern of 10,000"

Eleven George II: Ordnance System of Production

Twelve George II: Brown Bess (King's Pattern Land Musket)

Thirteen George II: (and George W.): The French & Indian War

Fourteen George III: Before the American Revolution

Epilogue George III: (vs George W.) The American Revolution

Conclusion

"Brown Bess" a poem by Rudyard Kipling

Bibliography

Index

168 pages, hard bound, 11" by 8-1/2" format, full color photographs.
ISBN 978-0-9765797-7-9