The Look of the Old West : A Fully Illustrated Guide (Paperback)

from MrsLee

The author has endeavored to use a microscope on the details of the people who spread across the western plains of America. He touches on the large picture, especially any inaccuracies we have been given in film and fiction. It is, however, a book of its time. There is little to no mention of the...

from ladycato

An author-friend recommended this book as a resource for writing about the Old West, and dang, she was right. This is a treasure trove of minutia on Civil War flags and equipment (I was surprised at the wealth of Civil War information and particularly recommend this to writers in that period), ho...

from antiquary

I loved this book as a child, especially the early chapters on Civil War uniforms and western weapons --the later chapters on matters like barbed wire did less for me. It does give extremely detailed accounts of what people wore, eat with, fought with, and in general lived with, the practical fac...

from antiquary

I loved this book as a child, especially the early chapters on Civil War uniforms and western weapons --the later chapters on matters like barbed wire did less for me. It does give extremely detailed accounts of what people wore, eat with, fought with, and in general lived with, the practical fac...