Douglas C. McChristian’s book is a treasure trove of information that prior to its publication could only be obtained in bits and pieces through exhausting and laborious research. The work is packed with excellent photographs and documentation that cover in minute detail the clothing, leather gear, weapons and personal items that an army soldier used to maintain his existence during the post-Civil War period when military spending was sparse. For serious students, McChristian has provided a

October 2006
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
- The Cup-Spinning Scene: How Did They Do It?
- The Boys at the Bar
- Rawhide
- Track Of The Cat
- Cheyenne
- The Wild Wild West
- F Troop
- Hostiles? The Lakota Ghost Dance and Buffalo Bill’s Wild West
- Spirit Car
- Bitter Wind
- Come Sundown
- Smonk
- The Skinning Knife
- The U.S. Army in the West, 1870-1880
- When Silver was King: Arizona’s 1880s Silver King Mine
- River of Memory: The Everlasting Columbia
- Ropes, Reins, and Rawhide
- Charles F. Lummis: Editor of the Southwest
- The Western Godfather
- Stuck to Her Dream