Monty Kennedy. 244 pages. 81/2' x 11'. Hardbound. Checkering & Carving Of Gunstocks meets the demand for a treatise covering this art of gunstock ornamentation. It is an extensive and specialized work of 244 text pages and some 300 technical illustrations that cover its subject fully from both utilitarian and decorative standpoints. Kennedy is a topflight professional gunstocker with several years of steady work at the checkering cradle. In addition to the author's own work, methods and tools used by such men as: Tom Shelhamer, Leonard Mews, John Hearn, Leighton Baker, Keith Stegall, Hal Hartley, Roy Dunlap and Lenard Brownell.