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Summary: Worth the price for an overview of the American Rev Soldier
Review: I had hoped that this book would be like one of the OSPREY type on soldiers and uniforms. While it is not like that at all, it is still a good book with a lot of information in it. It is all artists black and white sketchs and those are really done well. The book covers uniforms, buttons, weapons, etc. It's a nice reference to have near by if you are trying to understand the everyday aspects of a soldier's life.
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Summary: Worth the price for an overview of the American Rev Soldier
Review: I had hoped that this book would be like one of the OSPREY type on soldiers and uniforms. While it is not like that at all, it is still a good book with a lot of information in it. It is all artists black and white sketchs and those are really done well. The book covers uniforms, buttons, weapons, etc. It's a nice reference to have near by if you are trying to understand the everyday aspects of a soldier's life.
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Summary: A good reference book to have and worth the price
Review: I had originally purchased this book in hopes that it would be similiar to the OSPREY soldier series and provide a basic overview of the American Revolutionary Soldier so that I would have some familiarity with the terminology as I worked on other books about the subject. WHILE NOT AN OSPREY BOOK, it is really worth having in your collection.The b&w drawings are great - they cover things from uniforms (even how to make a standard hunting shirt with pattern information) to buttons to weapons. It is a great book to have near by when you are reading through a detailed history that may make reference to a military item that you don't know. For the price a great investment.
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Summary: Same as: Picture Book of the Continental Soldier
Review: If you think this is a new title, beware. It is a new title on an old text: Picture Book of the Continental Soldier (Stackpole Books, 1969). The contents are dated, i.e, the hunting shirt pattern bears no resemblance to the original at Newburgh, NY Washington's HQ, research shows the cooking gear was more like tin buckets than iron pots, the cartridge pouches became standardized during the war, enlisted mens tents are not as they are pictured, the Pickering musket tool was probably never made as none have ever been found, etc... For the 1960's this book was pretty good, but 30+ years of research contradicts much of what this book pictures as being typical Continental soldier equipment.
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Summary: Same as: Picture Book of the Continental Soldier
Review: If you think this is a new title, beware. It is a new title on an old text: Picture Book of the Continental Soldier (Stackpole Books, 1969). The contents are dated, i.e, the hunting shirt pattern bears no resemblance to the original at Newburgh, NY Washington's HQ, research shows the cooking gear was more like tin buckets than iron pots, the cartridge pouches became standardized during the war, enlisted mens tents are not as they are pictured, the Pickering musket tool was probably never made as none have ever been found, etc... For the 1960's this book was pretty good, but 30+ years of research contradicts much of what this book pictures as being typical Continental soldier equipment.
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