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Posted: Aug-09-2009

Welcome back to the old west..

Any one with an interest in the real old west would be well served to purchase this wonderfully researched and written book about those who tamed the real wild west. Chocked full of great pictures showing the clothes, gear, and wonderfully colorful people of an age gone by. The book will gently...

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Posted: Jun-10-2000

A remarkable reference book

A friend shoved this book in front of me during research for a historical novel, and I found it fascinating! It is a comprehensive guide to the real garb and tack of real cowboys in a real frontier, not a Technicolored Hollywood wardrober's fantasy. I found it expertly written and illustrated,...

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Posted: Jul-14-1999

It aint Hollywood

This is the real MCoy. The authors appear to know their subect well and have done their homework. I thank you for that because this is my first read on the subject of real cowboy clothing and I wanted facts. The detail was very good and in some cases too good as in the section on horse bits....

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Posted: Feb-07-1999

Good cowboy stuff.

I thought this book would be about what you can tell about people from what kind of truck they drive. But it turned out to be a very good reference on historic Western garb.

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Posted: Jan-16-1999

A must have for every Old West Re-enactor and enthusiast.

As an Old West Re-enactor for 5 years, I have taken a particular interest in costuming. There are few resources that accurately dispell the many questions and myths that come into play about the cowboy gear in the Old West. I refer to this book often when researching particular subjects such...

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Posted: Nov-19-1997

Cowboy gear and clothes -- all of it

I loved this book. A comprehensive guide to real working cowboys' -- not in the movies or on TV; on the open range of Wyoming, in the old days -- clothing and equipment. Hundreds of black and white photos and drawings; illustrations from historic catalogs; schematics of tack; diary entries and...

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