Books we recommend and have in our own Library

Early American Crafts and Trades edited by Peter Stockham
A Museum of Early American Tools by Eric Sloan
Baron von Steuben's Revolutionary War Drill Manual, a Facsimile Reprint of the 1794 Edition by Frederick William Baron von Steuben
Eighteenth-Century Clothing at Williamsburg by Linda Baumgarten
Costume in New France From 1740 to 1760 by Suzanne & Andre Gousse
Osprey Men-At-Arms Series: Louis XV's Army (1) Cavalry & Dragoons by Rene Chartrand
Osprey Men-At-Arms Series: Louis XV's Army (2) French Infantry by Rene Chartrand
Osprey Men-At-Arms Series: Louis XV's Army (4) Light Troops & Specialists by Rene Chartrand
Osprey Men-At-Arms Series: Louis XV's Army (5) Colonial & Naval Troops by Rene Chartrand
Osprey Elite Series: Buccaneers 1620 - 1700 by Angus Konstam
Sketchbook 56 Volume 2: The French Marines 1754 - 1761 by Ted Spring
Sketchbook 56 Volume 5: The Women of the French War Era by Ted Spring
Historic Colonial French Dress: A Guide to Re-creating North American French Clothing by Mary Moyars Johnson, Judy Forbes, and Kathy Delaney
The Packet Series is "a Collection of Patterns, Articles and Essays Pertaining to the American Revolution" by Mark Tully.
The Packet
The Packet II
The Packet III
The Packet IV
What People Wore: 1,800 Illustrations from Ancient Time to the Early Twentieth Century by Douglas Gorsline
Racinet's Full-Color Pictorial History of Western Costume by Auguste Racinet
Full-Color Sourcebook of French Fashion: 15th to 19th Centuries by Pauquet Freres
Eyewitness PIRATE by Richard Platt
The History of Pirates by Angus Konstam
A General History of the Robbers & Murderers of the Most Notorious Pirates by Capt. Charles Johnson
Pirates & Patriots of the Revolution: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Colonial Seamanship by C. Keith Wilbur, M.D.
The Arts of the Sailor - Knotting, Splicing and Ropework by Hervey Garret Smith
Beyond the Frontier; A History of St. Louis to 1821 by Frederick A Hodes, Ph.D.
Colonial St. Louis - Building a Creole Capital by Charles E. Peterson, FAIA