The Look of the Old West: A Fully Illustrated Guide

The Look of the Old West: A Fully Illustrated Guide

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Editorial Reviews

Illustrated with images of sabers, steamboats, handguns, hats, saddles, and more, this is a valuable resource for historians, re-enactors, costumers, and others. With encyclopedic knowledge and an extensive collection of Old West memorabilia handed down to him from Civil War veterans, cowboys, frontiersmen, and Native Americans, William Foster-Harris truly understood what the days of cowboys and trail drivers looked and felt like. His book offers the fashions and feel of the Old West from the end of the Civil War through the 1890s by detailing the styles of the period; military dress for the Union and Confederate armies; weaponry of the time; and more. Illustrated with clear, precise drawings to assist the descriptions, few books present a better idea of how the West really looked.

Customer Reviews

The Look of the Old West

Reviewed by Richard A. Schrieber, 2009-08-25

This is a fully illustrated guide to every thing related to Early Life in the West.
If you wish to study the Early West, you must have a point of interest, facts, relating to the real history. This book is very good, and you will have a hard time putting it down.
It has every thing you will need, facts not printed else ware.this book is a account which took many years of research, It is a must have,

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Look of the Old West

Reviewed by Floyd Jackson, 2007-12-19

The Look of the Old West is a fascinating read. Any history buff would love this illuminating glimpse into the past. Foster-Harris clearly knows what he is talking about here, and paints brilliant pictures, not only with his words (which, alone, are enough) but with actual illustrations of clothes, flags, guns, cattle brands, and wagons of the time. You really start to get a great idea of how the Old West was.

Truly amazing!

Reviewed by Bob Fitzsimmons, 2007-04-04

This is such a fascinating book! I've never seen such a resource on the Old West. It's loaded with so much information and amazing line drawings of the Old West's clothing styles, uniforms, weaponry, transportation - you name it. This is a must-own for historians, collectors, and many more.