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Uniforms of the American Revolution Coloring Book (Dover Fashion Coloring Book)

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I would love to tell you all how I purchased this book for my son, or for my students to learn about the topic at hand, but the truth is, I remembered my father buying me this book at the West Point Military Museum in NY about 25 years ago. I saw it and it rekindled an old interest in me, and so I purchased this book for myself. LOL!

As for the book itself...

Uniforms of the American Revolution Coloring Book, is a concise volume on the diverse dress that the major combatants wore during the American war of Independence.

Though the focus of this volume is certainly devoted to the intricate details and descriptions, Mr. Copeland has also included a brief history of the armies as well as some orders of battle details as well.

The author has used contemporary illustrations and well-written descriptions to piece together their images, and give insight into the armies and their dress at the time. The range of regiments/units that they have been able to portray is very impressive. As well as depicting the British Regiments at the start of the war, Copeland has traced the development of new and more sensible uniforms procured by the British Army by the time of the Saratoga and Philadelphia campaigns. Other uniforms explored include the myriad of American militia units, British loyalists, colorful Germans, and of course, the French.

The book is well designed, educational, and easy and enjoyable to read, but, mom & dad beware - even though it IS a 'colouring book', it really is not for children. The details are small but accurate, and if you do not know what the colours of the uniforms are supposed to be, you do run the risk of filling in the templates incorrectly. There are, however, colour templates on the back cover of the book, but I cannot conceive of anyone wanting to open and close the book to glean details for colouring purposes; especially children.
Still in all, a great book, and highly enjoyable!

The pictures in this coloring book were too detailed and small for the children (fourth graders) to enjoy coloring. However, it gave good exerpts with good information and facts underneath each picture.

My little history afficionado loved this book. When he finished coloring it we got another. It gives an accurate depiction of the uniforms worn by all the various participants. Each illustration is accompanied by a description of who wore it and of what color each of the various components are. It is really well done. My son does bemoan the lack of Native Americans who were active participants in the American Revolution but are not depicted in the book.

This book gives kids a fun look at how army uniforms may have looked at the time, but I feel like they didn't make a big effort at making it very accurate. Colonial soldiers at the beginning of the war didn't have uniforms at all, which was never mentioned, as well as a few other facts.