tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post5144490541224473892..comments2024-03-14T13:25:20.613-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Crogan’s Revolution—Time for a ShaveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-7703839315393031172010-07-10T16:46:53.787-05:002010-07-10T16:46:53.787-05:00Thanks, Mr. Schweizer! I’m looking forward to the ...Thanks, Mr. Schweizer! I’m looking forward to the results of your labor. <br /><br />(As you see, the question of beards on men in eighteenth-century dress has been quite a concern among Boston-area reenactors this month.)J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-2048404594848053582010-07-10T01:05:56.932-05:002010-07-10T01:05:56.932-05:00Mr. Bell,
Seeing as it's something I expect o...Mr. Bell,<br /><br />Seeing as it's something I expect other folks may also find concern with, I posted a response (of sorts) to your post on my own blog. I appreciate your taking the time to read the books, and hope that you will rest assured that no characters in the upcoming book have facial hair - not even the Hessians.<br /><br />http://curiousoldlibrary.blogspot.com/2010/07/problem-with-endpapers.html<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />ChrisChris Schweizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06264169065040239653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-80271155566796575482010-07-08T12:56:22.480-05:002010-07-08T12:56:22.480-05:00Indeed; I recently looked at the Freedom Trail web...Indeed; I recently looked at the Freedom Trail website when looking for things to recommend to a Boston visitor, and I was dismayed by how many of the male players pictured wear facial hair.<br /><br />What's interesting (to me) is that beards are not exactly popular today; they're not shunned, but they're hardly as celebrated as they have been in the past. So it's the more counterculture people who are trying to depict "typical" persons from the 18th century. And falling on, well, their face in doing so.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07430151102779191991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-80804021540183002522010-07-08T12:00:54.598-05:002010-07-08T12:00:54.598-05:00I tweeted that Globe article with a comment on the...I tweeted that <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/07/04/revolutionary_street_fighters/" rel="nofollow"><i>Globe</i> article</a> with a comment on the facial hair, but it doesn't hurt to mention it again.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-17905472272701306872010-07-08T11:58:49.978-05:002010-07-08T11:58:49.978-05:00The fictional pirate "Catfoot" Crogan is...The fictional pirate "Catfoot" Crogan is pictured above at the beginning of his career, with a wispy Cavalier/undergraduate mustache and goatee. A comic on Schweizer website shows the same man in middle age, with an impressive beard.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-87753107747077724332010-07-08T11:16:54.581-05:002010-07-08T11:16:54.581-05:00Ya wanna see beards? Check out the Boston Globe...Ya wanna see beards? Check out the Boston Globe's article on "Redcoat terror" at Quincy Market....<br /><br />http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/07/04/revolutionary_street_fighters/RFullernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-66517475949290584872010-07-08T10:31:36.259-05:002010-07-08T10:31:36.259-05:00Hello,
Actually an interesting and useful postin...Hello,<br /> Actually an interesting and useful posting.The pirate,who probably was a scraggly ,bearded sea-rat has none.<br /> Hopefully modern day "minuteman-types",etc.will profit from this.<br /> Regards,<br /> Pvt.WillyPvt.Willynoreply@blogger.com