A Day in the Life of a Colonial Wigmaker

by Kathy Wilmore

Discusses the fashion of wearing wigs in colonial America, how wigs were made, and a wigmaker's role in the colonies.

24 pages, Library Binding

First published August 1, 2000

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was very interesting. It was just the right length and level for my kindergartner with some room for challenge with some larger vocabulary words. I thought this book offered a good overall view of why wigmakers were important during American Colonial times and how they performed their craft.

The only two things I didn't like was that I wish the author had put in a sentence or two explaining where the human hair would come from - goat and horse were self-explanatory, I felt. Also, I don't think the title really fits what the book talks about. It didn't have a format going throughout the wigmaker's day, just what his role was in a colonial village and how wigs were put together. A wig is not made in a day, so I don't think calling the book "A day in the life" really works well here.

Overall though, I was excited to read this book because it's an unconventional view of the Colonial/Revolutionary times and it was a nice topic to discuss with my son instead of just the standard battles which he might not grasp at this age. Hair, however, is something he does understand!

[lola Franco · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was actually pretty interesting. I hadn't know anything about the wig trade.