Juanita Leisch

Overall this is worth having in one's collection, at least for the photos and line drawings illustrating the period. However, I purchased this book brand new, and within a couple of months it had already started falling apart. Books dealing with fashion, especially one which will be heavily used as reference material, should be stoutly bound! The book overall gets 4 stars, the binding is a complete and total disaster--zero stars.

many photos showing dress for civilians and some based on military, very good book. Heart tugging photo of drummer boy

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I agree with the last reviewer. Taken with a grain of salt, this is a great book. I found that its review of clothing wore by teens not to match up with what I've seen in period photographs and books, and it did provide a rather 'one sided' veiw to things. But, overall, it is a good reference book.