[MR] English war bow book (Fwd: Artssciences Digest, Vol 42, Issue 5)

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Soar,  Hugh D. H.; Joseph Gibbs, Christopher Jury, 
Mark Stretton:
Secrets of  the English War Bow; Westholme 
Publishing Llc, 2006;
Hardcover - Sewn  binding. Paper over boards.     With 
dust jacket.
245 p. with  Illustrations. ISBN 1594160252  $26.60
"Dominating  medieval battlefields for more than two
centuries but requiring long and  arduous practice 
to command,
the English war bow and its battle shaft  are the 
symbols of the rise
of British power in Europe.
Despite being crafted for hundreds of years 
and wielded  by
generations of archers, the sole surviving 
examples of this  fearsome
weapon—the military version of the longbow—are 
those  recovered
from the Tudor warship Mary Rose. Now for the 
first time,  expert
craftsmen use all available evidence including 
applied  archaeology
to unlock the secrets of the English war bow.
Historian Hugh D. H. Soar is joined by Mark 
Stretton,  arrowsmith,
and Joseph Gibbs, bowyer, in order to demonstrate 
how a war  bow and
its associated arrow heads and     shafts may have  
been constructed and
used. In addition to showing the complete  
manufacture of a bow from
tree selection to stringing and how  specialized 
arrowheads were forged
and attached to shafts, Secrets of  the English War 
Bow provides
information on the actual performance of  the war 
bow, including the
bow’s effectiveness against various  materials and, 
for the first time,
its use against moving targets,  since bows were 
often drawn against
mounted soldiers. Armed with this  new information, 
Soar provides
an analysis of both successes and  failures of the 
war bow in several
important battles.
Illustrated in color and black and white, 
Secrets of the  English War
Bow provides an invaluable service for those 
interested in  medieval
military history, archery, and technology.
About  the Author:
Hugh D. H. Soar has written extensively about  
the longbow, including
the best-selling The Crooked Stick: A History of  
the Longbow, also
available from Westholme Publishing. Mark  
Stretton, master blacksmith,
holds the world’s record for  heaviest     longbow 
shot. Joseph Gibbs is a
talented bowyer  who specializes in creating the 
replica war bow.
Written in  English   Amazon $26.60 - eligible 
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Soar, Hugh H. D.:  The Crooked Stick: A History of  
the Longbow
(Weapons in History);     Publisher: Westholme  
Publishing [United States],
Hardcover, ISBN: 1594160023,  Amazon  $17.47 
October 2004.

He also has another book that is new but I  could 
only find it in England
on Amazon.co.uk and the shipping is more  expensive:

Soar, Hugh D. H.: Of Bowmen and Battles; 
Publisher: The  Glade, 2003;
Paperback: 230 pages,     ISBN 0951764519.   New. 
Amazon.co.uk     
£13.98 + Postage &  Packing: £6.98 = Total: £20.96