Gordon E Frye

Historical & Military Consultant

Education

MA History, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA

BA History, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA

Professional Experience

- Instructor & Supervisor, School of the Renaissance Soldier (2004-present)

- Executive Producer features Firestorm Rising, The Keeper (2001-2002) 

-  Historical Consulting and military training for various films: The Patriot (2000), Ride with the Devil  (1998), Two for Texas (1997), Rough Riders (1996), Alamo, The Price of Freedom (1987).

- Taught course on "Military History of Mexico", Contra Costa Junior College,1989.

-  Served as a member of the Symposium on Segesser Hide Paintings, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1986.

- Head of Costume Department, Living History Centre, 1984, conducting costuming seminars and workshops for staff, customers and guests, and costuming entertainment staff for the Renaissance Pleasure Faire in Novato, CA.

- Substitute Teaching, Lincoln and Stockton Unified School Districts, 1981-1992.

- Teaching ASsistant to Dr. Walter Payne, Department of History, University of the Pacific, 1981.

- Provided archival work as a Graduate Assistant for the Holt-Atherton Center for Western Studies, University of the Pacific, 1980.

Recent Engagements

- "Firearms in the Romantic Age: 1600 to 1900", Romance Writers of America Conference, July 2008, San Francisco.

Publications

From Lance to Pistol: The Evolution of Mounted Soldiers, 1550 to 1600, MyArmoury.com

Middlesex Village Trading Company Doglock Pistol, MyArmoury.com

Firearms of the Southwestern Trade: 1821-1848, 1987.

John C. Fremont, Movie Myth vs. Fact, presented to the California History Insitute, April 1988.