Defending Your Castle: Build Catapults, Crossbows, Moats, Bulletproof Shields, and More Defensive Devices to Fend Off the Invading Hordes

by William Gurstelle

Book Overview

A man's home is his castle, or so the saying goes, but could it withstand an attack by Attila and the Huns, Ragnar and the Vikings, Alexander and the Greeks, Genghis Khan and the Mongols, or Tamerlane and the Tartars? Backyard Ballistics author William Gurstelle poses this fascinating question to modern-day garage warriors and shows them how to build an arsenal of ancient artillery and fortifications aimed at withstanding these invading hordes. Each...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1613746822
• ISBN13: 9781613746820
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.9"