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Bluejackets
Ron Field
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Description for Bluejackets
Num Pages: 336 pages, over 300 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWF; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 237 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2400.
This long-awaited book fills a gap in knowledge of the uniform clothing, headgear, equipage, and weapons of the United States Navy during the Civil War period. Based on original accounts from official documents, newspapers, diaries, letters, and other primary sources, the well-written text is accompanied by a wealth of period images of navy personnel, many of which are identified and published for the first time. Numerous photographs of surviving articles of clothing and artefacts throw further light on life in a blockading fleet or on the High Seas from 1852 through 1865. With great clarity the author explains the various ... Read more
This long-awaited book fills a gap in knowledge of the uniform clothing, headgear, equipage, and weapons of the United States Navy during the Civil War period. Based on original accounts from official documents, newspapers, diaries, letters, and other primary sources, the well-written text is accompanied by a wealth of period images of navy personnel, many of which are identified and published for the first time. Numerous photographs of surviving articles of clothing and artefacts throw further light on life in a blockading fleet or on the High Seas from 1852 through 1865. With great clarity the author explains the various ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764333750
SKU
V9780764333750
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-2
About Ron Field
Ron Field is a retired history teacher and an award-winning author of nineteenth century military history. He is a Fellow of The Company of Military Historians and senior editor of Military Images.
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