The Literature of Powder Horns and Horn Working:
A Bibliography
Books:
Borglund, Erland and Flauensgaard, Jacob. Working in Plastic, Bone, Amber, and Horn.
New York: Reinhold, 1968.
Christiansen, Erwin O. The Index of American Design. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian,
1959.
Dresslar, Jim. The Engraved Powder Horn: Folk Art of Early America. Bargersville, IN:
Dresslar Pub., 1996.
DuMont, John S. American Engraved Powder Horns of the Golden Age: 1755-83.
Canaan, NH: Phoenix, 1978.
Dunnigan, Brian L. Siege 1759: The Campaign Against Niagara. Youngstown, NY: Old
Fort Niagara, 1996.
Engnath, Bob. The Second Scrimshaw Connection. Glendale, CA: House of
Muzzleloading, 1985.
Grancsay, Stephen V. American Engraved Powder Horns. New York: Metropolitan
Museum of Art, 1946.
Grant, Madison. Powder Horns and Their Architecture. York, PA: Maple-Vail, 1987.
_____. The Kentucky Rifle Hunting Pouch. York: PA, Maple Press, 1977.
Guthman, William. Drums Abeating, Trumpets Sounding: Artistically Carved Powder
Horns in the Provincial Manner: 1746-1781. Hartford, CN: Conn. Hist. Soc., 1993.
_____, Ed. Guns and Other Arms. New York: Mayflower, 1979.
Hardwick, Paula. Discovering Horn. Guilford, Surry, Engl.: Lutterworth Press, 1981.
Houze, Herbert G. The Sumptuous Flaske. Cody, WY: Mobray, 1989.
Larkin, Lee A. A Sketchbook of Colonial and Early American Powder Horn Engraving
Designs: 1740-1800. Bedford, PA: Larkin, 2001.
_____. A Case for Mistake Attribution: Or, Findings of a Study of the Engraving on the
Powder Horns Attributed to John Bush. Bedford, PA: Larkin, 2001.
McManus, Michael. A Treasury of American Scrimshaw. New York: Penguin, 1997.
Neumann, George C. and Kravic, Frank J. Collectors Illustrated Encyclopedia of the
American Revolution. Texarkana, TX: Rebel, 1989.
Sibley, Scott and Kathy. Reproducing the Engraved Powder Horn. Montana: Track of
the Wolf, 2005.
Stotz. Charles M. Outposts of the War for Empire. Pittsburgh, PA: U of Pittsburgh P,
2005.
Swayze, Nathan L. Engraved Powder Horns. Yazoo City, MS: Taylor, 1978.
Thomas, R. Small Scale Horn Processing. Geneva: International Labor Office, 1988.
Tunis, Edwin. Colonial Craftsmen and the Beginnings of American Industry. Baltimore,
MD: Johns Hopkins UP,1965.
Wickman, Patricia. Powder Horns: In the Southern Tradition. USA: Boyd, 1985.
Periodicals:
Chapin, Howard M. and Cook, Charles D. "Map Horns." The Magazine Antiques (May
1925), 254-59.
DuMont, John S. "Powder Horns and History." The Magazine Antiques (July 1963),
60-62.
Fox, Chrostopher D. "The Representations of Fort Ticonderoga on 18th Century Powder
Horns." The Bulletin of the Ticonderoga Museum. (XVI, 2), 170-84.
Goodwin, John and Duer, Douglas H. "Two American Horns." The Gun Report (Jan.
1968), 28-31.
Guthman, William H. "Diversity: The Rule Rather Than the Exception" Kentucky Rifle
Assn. Bulletin (Winter 2001), 2-9.
_____. "Powder Horns Carved in the Provincial Manner: 1744-1781."
The Magazine Antiques (Oct 1993), 494-501.
_____. "Powder Horns of the French and Indian War: 1755-1763." The
Magazine Antiques (Aug 1978), 312-31.
_____. "Some Final Thoughts." Kentucky Rifle Assn. Bulletin (Fall 2003), 4-5.
Jordan, Chester A. "Powder Horn Recalls Bicentennial History." The Gun Report (Nov.
1975), 12-19.
Kasun, John. "In Praise of Horn." Westsylvania (Spring 2004) 24-28.
LaMana, Bernadette. "Hooked on Horn." New York State Conservationist (Oct. 2004),
25-29.
Larkin, Lee A. "John Bush: French and Indian War Horn Carver." Muzzle Blasts (July
1999), 4-6.
-----. "Left-Hand Vs. Right-Hand: Evidence of Wear on Original Powder Horns."
Muzzleloader Magazine (Mar/Apr 2002), 65-68.
-----. "A Reply to Guthman's Diversity: the Rule." Kentucky Rifle Assn. Bulletin
(Spring 2003), 2-9.
Lyon, Robert T. "A Military Map Powder Horn of the Siege of Quebec." The Gun
Report (Apr 1976), 12-15.
Milliman, Crosby. "An Exhibition of American Powder Horns of the Colonial and
Revolutionary Periods." The Bulletin of the Ticonderoga Museum (XII, 3), 174-92.
Moize, Elizabeth A. "Daniel Boone: First Hero of the Frontier." National Geographic
(Dec 1985) 812-41.
Sawyer, Charles W. "The Why and How of Engraved Powder Horns." The Magazine
Antiques (Oct 1929), 283-85.
Shepley, George L. "A Powder Horn of the Revolution." Old Time New England (July
1921), 24-26.
Swayze, Nathan L. "Unsuccessful Research on a Powder Horn." The Gun Report (June
1971), 30-35.
Museum and Auction Catalogs:
Christies London. Antique Arms and Armour: Including Property from the W. Keith
Neal and Albert Littler Collections. London: Christies. 2002.
Hood, Mary. Art of the American Frontier. Owensburg, KY: Museum of Fine Art, 2004.
Routh, James E. His Horne Made: Engraved Powder Horns from the Collection of
James Routh, Jr. Atlanta: GA: GA Museum of Art, 2000.
Sothebys. Highly Important Americana from the Stanley Paul Sax Collection. New
York: Sothebys, 1998.
Stephenson, R. S. Clash of Empires: The British, French and Indian War, 1754- 1763.
Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh Regional History Center, 2005.
