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The Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroyed the fortified Indian village Mabila in present-day Alabama in the United States. Exact death toll is unknown, but contemporary Spanish accounts reported between 2,500 and 3,000 dead... Read more ...
The Battle of Mabila
The Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroyed the fortified Indian village Mabila in present-day Alabama in the United States. Exact death toll is unknown, but contemporary Spanish accounts reported between 2,500 and 3,000 dead Indians. If the numbers are correct, the battle of Mabila is among the bloodiest in American history.
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Below is a list of reviews of the book in different magazines, papers and the Internet. All reviews are in Norwegian, Swedish or Danish.
Newspapers and the Internet
- Award: Best text-book in 2005 on dagbladet.no.
- Review from The Norwegian Arms and Armour Society.
- Review from Krutkorn, the national Swedish Black powder shooter's membership magazine.
- Tun forlag: The publisher.
- «Svartkrutt mellom permar» in Vestavind 7 April 2005.
- «Kruttbok fra smauet» from Haugesunds Avis 4 April 2005.
- «Øyvind's book»: Thread about the book on forum.svartkrutt.net.
- Review from the Danske Sortkrudtsskytter (Danish black powder shooters).
- Review from Usenet.
- Vak og Vitring: The membership magazine of the book club Jakt og Fiske(pdf file).
- Review from Bokanmeldelse.com
TV
Thursday 14 February the black powder book occurred in the program "A little piece of Thailand" on TV Norge. See the clip below.