Author: NA
Published: Target Communications

"Don't laugh, this is a great little book for basic archery skills." - Timothy of Shaftesbury

Author: Byron Ferguson
Published: Boy Scouts of America Merit Badge Series

"Very good on concentrating on the target." - Timothy of Shaftesbury

Author: Clive Bartlett
Published: Osprey Military

"Sixty pages of historical background for SCA archers with great illustrations for inspiration." - Timothy of Shaftesbury

Author: G. Fred Asbell
Published: Primedia Enthusiast Publications

"There is a lot of redundancy in these two books.  I.S. II is probably the better book, but I.S. I has a chapter on making wooden arrows not found in the second book.  Note, there are some good archers who feel instinctive shooting and Asbell are over rated.  Asbell himself says instinctive shooting is less effective beyond 25 or 30 yards." - Timothy of Shaftesbury

Author: G. Fred Asbell
Published: Primedia Enthusiast Publications

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Author: Robert Hardy
Published: NA

"This is a great book.  It has recently been reissued in a second edition with about 20 more pages. Hardy covers development of the longbow from prehistoric times, introduction and use of the longbow by the English in the middle ages and sporting use of the longbow over the past couple centuries." - Timothy of Shaftesbury

Author: Jim Bradbury
Published: Boydell Press, 1985, 1992, 1994

"This book traces the history of the archer in the medieval period, from the Norman Conquest to the War of the Roses. It opens with a definition of the differing kinds of bows in use, and challenges the usual assumption that the longbow was a new and devastating weapons used only by the English armies from the late thirteenth century onwards." - from the dust jacket

Author: Sam Fadala
Published: Stackpole Books

"My personal favorite all around traditional archery guide." - Timothy of Shaftesbury

Author: Antonia Fraser
Published: University of California Press

"If you are interested in non-English archery culture look somewhere else, but for the aspiring English archer this book is a great introduction to the major events from 1066 to 1399. There is a second book in the series on the War of the Roses period." - Timothy of Shaftesbury

Author: Eugen Herrigel
Published: Vintage Spiritual Classics

"A book for the frustrated archer." "If one really wishes to be master of an art, technical knowledge of it is not enough.  One has to transcend technique so that the art becomes an 'artless art' growing out of the unconscious." - Timothy of Shaftesbury