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So, Ye Want to be a Reenactor? A Living History Handbook

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I'm actually very glad to see a book written specifically for those wanting to get started in reenactment. Many of the hints given in this book are useful. It seems to be rather limited in its scope, though. The book is written exclusively from the perspective of a French and Indian War reenactor. Unfortunately, this is one of the smaller groups that are out there. While there are certainly many similarities between what they do, and what groups like American Civil War and World War II do, there are also many differences. This problem shows up particularly in the web resources section, which unfortunately overlooks many of the biggest and most useful sites out there for other time periods.

I applaud the effort though. Despite my nitpicking, there's a lot of information in this book that new reenactors would find useful.

Brenton Kemmer and Karen Kemmer effectively collaborate in writing So, Ye Want To Be A Reenactor?: A Living History Handbook, a straightforward collection of short, essay-style instructions to putting together an excellent, realistic, accurate, inexpensive, and safe historical reenactment. So, Ye Want To Be A Reenactor? features step by step help from experts, written in a style that those with even the most casual interest can immediately digest. Black and white illustrations, photographs, and the occasional diagram pepper this book, and the appendices contain plenty of web sites, living history organizations, suggested reading materials, sample event schedules, worksheets, and forms for recording research source records and military service records. A "must" for anyone interested in the fascinating performance art of recreating historical drama!

This is an excellent book for the beginner, just getting into re-enacting as well as the seasoned re-enactor who wants to learn more about this unique hobby.