How the west was worn
Subtitle: bustles and buckskins on the frontier
By: Chris Enss.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: TwoDot
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Clothing and dress -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs.
Description: A collection of vintage essays and rarely seen journal entries detailing the clothes worn by settlers of the early American West.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Dressing for a gold rush; title: Civilized style in the wild; title: Dressing for a roundup; title: Sons and daughters of the trail; title: Prairie styles; title: A lasting effect; title: All dressed up; title: Under the clothes; title: Style in the ranks; title: Borrowed from the land.