Bows
of the World by David Gray
Book Description: Do you really know your bow? What are its historical
origins, and how is it related to the other great families of bows around
the world, ancient and modern? Bows of the World covers primitive and traditional
bows from just about every major area of the world - North America, Europe,
Asia, South America, and Africa. Learn about peak archery achievements
from around the world, and of the remarkable skills and intelligence developed
by ancient and modern bowyers and archers alike. Full dimensions and construction
materials are given for each bow, along with accompanying arrows and quivers.
Also included are key shooting characteristics and performance facts, and
legends and folklore for each particular bow. With over one hundred unique
and spectacular full-color photographs, Bows of the World is a one-of-a-kind
book every archery fan or aspiring archer will want on their bookshelf.
(6 1/4 x 9 1/4, 112 pages, color photos, b&w photos)
David Gray has been an archer and hunter for over thirty years. He teaches
social and organizational psychology at Westminster College, New Wilmington,
Pennsylvania, and owns the Krackow Company, dedicated to promoting the
ancient and worldwide art of archery.
Hardcover from The Lyons Press
Book Published: September, 2002
Chinese
Archery by Stephen Selby
Paperback from Coronet Books
Book Published: July, 2001
The
Medieval Archer by Jim Bradbury
Hardcover from Palgrave Macmillan
Book Published: September, 1985
Hunting the Hard Way by Howard Hill
Listed under Bowhunting
Self Bows and Other Archery Tackle from the Tomb of Tutankhamun:
Tutankhamun's Tomb Series; Book IV by W. McLeod
Listed under Tutankhamun
Toxophilus by Roger Asham
A dialogue on the moral and physical benefits of shooting the English
long-bow reprinted from the Reverend Dr. Gile's edition of Roger Ascham's
complete works.
Leather Bound: 1686 pages
Derrydale; ISBN: 1564160920; (October 31, 2000)
Traditional
Archery by Sam Fadala
Paperback from Stackpole Books
Book Published: June, 1999
Traditional Bowyers of America: The Bowhunting and Bowmaking World
of the Nation's Top Crafters of Longbows And Recurves by Dan Bertalan
Hardcover from Envisage Unlimited
Book Published: December, 1989
Out of Print - Try Used
Books
Wild Adventure by Howard Hill, et al
Foreword by Errol Flynn. A collection of extraordinary hunting tales
first published 1954, this classic work in the genre deserves shelf space
in every outdoorsman's library. Db. Listed under Hunting
Zen
in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel
So many books have been written about the meditation side of Zen and
the everyday, chop wood/carry water side of Zen. But few books have approached
Zen the way that most Japanese actually do--through ritualized arts of
discipline and beauty--and perhaps that is why Eugen Herrigel's Zen in
the Art of Archery is still popular so long after it first publication
in 1953. Herrigel, a philosophy professor, spent six years studying archery
and flower-arranging in Japan, practicing every day, and struggling with
foreign notions such as "eyes that hear and ears that see." In a short,
pithy narrative, he brings the heart of Zen to perfect clarity--intuition,
imitation, practice, practice, practice, then, boom, wondrous spontaneity
fusing self and art, mind, body, and spirit. Herrigel writes with an attention
to subtle profundity and relates it with a simple artistry that itself
carries the signature of Zen. Brian Bruya - Amazon.com Paperback - 96 pages (February 1999)
Random House; ISBN: 0375705090
Crossbows by Roger Combs (Editor)
(Paperback - March 1987)
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Books
Professional Archery Technique by Kirk Ethridge
(Paperback - June 1997)
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