Author: Fred Gilbert Blakeslee

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Published: 2015-06-29

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9781330493830

Excerpt from Army Uniforms of the World The Study of the changes which have occurred in the garb of the fighting man, and of the devices used to designate his leaders, from the days of the bow and arrow to those of the magazine rifle, should appeal to all persons interested in the history of mankind; and it is the purpose of this little work to treat this subject in such a manner that it may, it is hoped, prove helpful to those who might wish to learn something of the dress of the soldier in the different periods of history. The author has spent a number of years collecting the data used in this book, much of it being obtained only after extensive search in such vast literary storehouses as the reading room of the British Museum in London, and the public libraries of Washington, New York, and Boston. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.