March/April 2018

ON THE COVER: Continental Dragoons, an original oil painting by Bryant White.

CONTENTS:
3 Letters from Our Readers
7 Prime Possibles
9 People to Watch — Jason W. Gatliff
11 Doin’ It Yourself A Southern Leather Key Basket — T. C. Albert
19 Shooting the Bull An Introduction to Flintlocks – Mike Nesbitt
29 Cache of the Hollow Tree The Looting of the Spanish Main, Part II — Tony Hunter
37 Dispatches from New England Six Terrible Days, The Northeast Coastal Campaign of 1703, Part II — Vincent C. Spiotti
47 On the Game Trail Trophies Come in All Sizes — Everett Leland
52 The Passion and Enthusiasm of Darrin McDonal, Flintlock Arms-Maker — John W. Hayes
67 Birchbark Canoe Design — John Lindman
75 The Night The Light of Fort Union Was Snuffed Out — Alan J. Garbers
82 Undaunted Treason, The Rise & Fall of General James Wilkinson, Part I — Gary L. Foreman
93 The Johnson City School of Gunsmithing — Randal Pierce
107 Classified Ads
111 Index of Display Advertisers
112 For the Bookshelf