Author: Ernest Lisle Reedstrom Publisher: Blandford ISBN: Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 168
Book Description
A book on the movement of America's frontier and a definitive work portraying western characters in costumes of their periods. Ernest Lisle Reedstrom, as both the author and the illustrator of this book has carefully researched every facet, and has embellished it with his unique style of art. Included are accounts of scalpings, weapons and Indian customs; the Mountain man's life, equipment, clothing and remote jargon are studied; the great white migration crossings of the plains are covered in detail, including what people took and they hunted for food, prairie justice, a diary on the trail and encounters with marauding Indians. California's great gold strike and the rush of the 49'ers is unfolded along with the stories of other famous miners from the Black Hills to the Klondike. There is even a step-by-step description of how the old miners panned for gold. Historic Dress of the Old West is descriptive and extensively researched with references and footnotes along with additional suggestive reading in the bibliography. A must for the collector's bookshelf, students and western history buffs -- Book jacket.
Author: Betty J. Mills Publisher: Texas Tech University Press ISBN: 9780896721289 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 196
Book Description
Calico Chronicle is the source book for teachers, students, historians, customers, re-enactors, of history buffs searching for custom history of the Texas frontier and the American West - an area which has had scarce priceless pieces of the past found in excerpts from letters, diaries, oral histories, historic journals, and even police blotters, to compile and account that reveals much about the lifestyles of frontier women.
Author: Peter Boag Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520949951 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 272
Book Description
Americans have long cherished romantic images of the frontier and its colorful cast of characters, where the cowboys are always rugged and the ladies always fragile. But in this book, Peter Boag opens an extraordinary window onto the real Old West. Delving into countless primary sources and surveying sexological and literary sources, Boag paints a vivid picture of a West where cross-dressing—for both men and women—was pervasive, and where easterners as well as Mexicans and even Indians could redefine their gender and sexual identities. Boag asks, why has this history been forgotten and erased? Citing a cultural moment at the turn of the twentieth century—when the frontier ended, the United States entered the modern era, and homosexuality was created as a category—Boag shows how the American people, and thus the American nation, were bequeathed an unambiguous heterosexual identity.
Author: Katherine Krohn Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books ISBN: 0761380523 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 68
Book Description
What would you have worn if you lived in the Old West? It depends on who you were! For example, Native Americans made clothing from rabbit fur, deerskins, buffalo hides, and plant fibers. They decorated their clothing with beads, porcupine quills, fringe, and feathers. However, cowboy gear included leather chaps, boots, and bandanas. Cowboys used their tall, wide-brimmed hats for protection from sun and rain and sometimes to carry water. Read more about fashions of the Old West—from buckskins to sunbonnets to sombreros—in this fascinating book!
Author: Chris Enss Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1461748410 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 145
Book Description
Fashion that was in vogue in the East was highly desirable to pioneers during the frontier period of the American West. It was also extraordinarily difficult to obtain, often impractical, and sometimes the clothing was just not durable enough for the men and women who were forging new homes for themselves in the West. Full hoopskirts were of little use in a soddy on the prairie, and chaps and spurs were a vital part of the cowboy's equipment. In this book, author Chris Enss examines the fashion that shaped the frontier through short essays; brief clips from letters, magazines, and other period sources; and period illustrations demonstrating the sometimes bizarre, often beautiful, and frequently highly inventive ways of dressing oneself in the Old West.
Author: Phyllis G. Tortora Publisher: ISBN: 9781501337338 Category : Clothing and dress Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
"Learn about Western dress from the ancient world to today. Each chapter shows you the social, cross-cultural, environmental, geographic, and artistic influences on what people wore. More than 600 images help you to recognize recurring themes and concepts and understand the role of dress from a diverse, global perspective. The book covers each decade, from the 1920s to the present, in separate chapters to help you keep track of the changes in modern fashion. Learning Objectives, Key Terms, Discussion Questions and Exercises, and a Glossary help you master concepts"--
Author: Tom Lindmier Publisher: ISBN: 9780931271335 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
The Cowboy has been pictured as either a knightly figure above reproach or as a wild semi-outlaw, as undomesticated as the prairie he roamed. The truth presents a different image.No Hollywood flim-flam or arty photographic recreation here. Lindmier and Mount demonstrate through the use of historic photographs what actual working cowboys of the Northern Plains wore and what equipment they used from the 1870s until 1928.These cowboys may not look like the ones in the movies, but you can bet your boots they are the real thing. Over 120 historic photos and illustrations.
Author: Randi Samuelson-Brown Publisher: Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated ISBN: 9781432856458 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Annie Ryan is running a second-rate brothel in 1890s Denver with an eye toward expansion -- until murder stalks the good-time girls. This rollicking tale of blurred lines, flowing booze, played-out miners and upstairs girls delivers a compelling look at the Wild West, where women were enterprising and a price was paid for justice.
Author: Phyllis G. Tortora Publisher: ISBN: Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 548
Book Description
A basic text for those who want an overview and chronology of western costume, it discusses the dress of each era within its historical, cultural and economic contexts.
Author: Ernest Lisle Reedstrom
Author: Betty J. Mills
Author: Peter Boag
Author: Katherine Krohn
Author: Chris Enss
Author: Phyllis G. Tortora
Author: Tom Lindmier
Author: Randi Samuelson-Brown
Author: Phyllis G. Tortora
Author: Phyllis G. Tortora