Download or read book Texas Smoke written by Charley F. Eckhardt and published by Texas Tech University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coupled with detailed line drawings, this engaging text covers it all: from the terrifying arquebuses shouldered by the earliest Spanish explorers to the muzzle-loaders that reigned until 1860, when the first cartridges were introduced.