Linda Baumbgarten & John Watson with Florine Carr, Costume Close-Up: Clothing Construction & Pattern 1750-1790, Williamsburg, VA : Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1999)
Linda Baumgarten, What Clothes Reveal: The Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal America, (Williamsburg, VA : Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 2002)
Beth Gilgun, Tidings from the 18th Century, (Texarkana, TX : Scurlock Publishing Co, Inc., 1993)
Tandy & Charles Hersh, Cloth and Costume 1750-1800, (Carlisle, PA : Cumberland Historical Society, 1995)
Stacy F. Roth, Past into Present: Effective Techniques for First-Person Interpretation, (Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press), 1998.
Roy Underhill, Khrushchev's Shoe: and other ways to captivate an audience of 1 to 1,000, (Cambridge, Mass: Pershius Publishing), 2000.
Susie Wilkening and James Chung, Life Stages of the Museum Visitor, Building Engagement Over a Lifetime, (Washington, DC: AAM Press), 2009.
Material Culture
18th Century Material Culture Resource Center --This is a fantastic resource where you can view all kinds of original artifacts and artwork sorted by category. This value of this for living historians cannot be overstated!
George C. Neumann and Frank J. Kravic, Collector's Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Revolution, (Texarkana, TX, Scurlock Publishing Co., 1975).
Mark R.Tully, The Packet Series I-V, (Baraboo, WI: Ballindalloch Press), 1999-2010.
Weapons
DeWitt Bailey, Pattern Dates for British Ordnance & Small Arms, 1718-1783, (Gettysburg, PA : Thomas Publications, 1997).
Russel Bouchard, Fusil de Tulle in New France 1691-1741, (Alexandria Bay, NY : Museum Restoration Service, 1998)
Albert Manucy, Artillery Through the Ages, (Washington, DC : Division of Publications, 1949).
Kevin Gladysz, The French Trade Gun in North America 1662-1759, (Woonsocket, RI : Mowbray Publishers, 2011).
Tom Grinslade, Flintlock Fowlers, The First Guns Made in America, (Texarkana, TX : Scurlock Publishing Co., 2005).
Jim Mullins, Of Sorts Fort Provincials: American Weapons of the French and Indian War, (Elk River, MN : Track of the Wolf, 2008).
George C. Neumann, Battle Weapons of the American Revolution, (Texarkana, TX : Scurlock Publishing Co., 1998).
Torsten Lenk, The Flintlock, Its Origin, Development, and Use, (New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, 2007).