Title: How the west was worn : bustles and buckskins on the wild frontier /
Authors: Enss, Chris, 1961-
Publisher: TwoDot,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Clothing and dress West (U.S.) History; Frontier and pioneer life West (U.S.); West (U.S.) Social life and customs.
Abstract: A collection of vintage essays and rarely seen journal entries detailing the clothes worn by settlers of the early American West.
Contents: Introduction -- Dressing for a gold rush -- Civilized style in the wild -- Dressing for a roundup -- Sons and daughters of the trail -- Prairie styles -- A lasting effect -- All dressed up -- Under the clothes -- Style in the ranks -- Borrowed from the land.