title: Powder Horns: Documents of History
author: Tom Grinslade
description: Over 180 powder horns are included in this full-color, beautifully illustrated book. Powder Horns: Documents of History emphasizes the beauty of these handmade works of art as well as their historical significance. Unlike other works that have focused solely on the artistic merit of these creations, author Tom Grinslade relates each horn, as much as possible, to where it was made and the events that were occurring at the time. Horns from the 17th century to the first quarter of the 19th century are included, representing the period from Queen Anne's War to the Revolutionary War and beyond into the early years of our nation.
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  #### From the Earth to the Moon
  
  
  I. The Gun Club
  
  II. President Barbicane's Communication
  
  III. Effect of the President's Communication
  
  IV. Reply From the Observatory of Cambridge
  
  V. The Romance of the Moon
  
  VI. The Permissive Limits of Ignorance and Belief in the United States
  
  VII. The Hymn of the Cannon-Ball
  
  VIII. History of the Cannon
  
  IX. The Question of the Powders
  
  X. One Enemy V. Twenty-Five Millions of Friends
  
  XI. Florida and Texas
  
  XII. Urbi et Orbi
  
  [ XIII. Stones
  Hill](From%20the%20Earth%20to%20the%20Moon_split_001.html#filepos117152)
  
  [ XIV. Pickaxe and
  Trowel](From%20the%20Earth%20to%20the%20Moon_split_001.html#filepos125918)
  
  [ XV. The Fete of the
  Casting](From%20the%20Earth%20to%20the%20Moon_split_001.html#filepos134696)
  
  [ XVI. The
  Columbiad](From%20the%20Earth%20to%20the%20Moon_split_001.html#filepos143276)
  
  [ XVII. A Telegraphic
  Dispatch](From%20the%20Earth%20to%20the%20Moon_split_001.html#filepos151294)
  
  