About this title: The true story of how John Stetson came to design and mass-produce the famous cowboy hat that bears his family name. Color illustrations accompany the text.
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Description: Good. Purchasing this DVD supports the North Central Regional Library. Thriftbooks and NCRL have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Library ID found on DVD and case. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
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Edition: 3rd Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D K Publishing, New York
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780789424792ISBN:0789424797
Description: Meade. Very Good in Very Good jacket. EX-LIBRARY. EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. ILLUSTRATED HARD COVER COVER. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dk Ink, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780789424792ISBN:0789424797
Description: Meade, Holly. Fair. Ex-Library 1998, ex library stamps, pocket in rear, library bar code in rear, hard cover, slight edgewear, label taped to spine of book, Color illustrations. read more
Binding: hardcover
Publisher: DK Publishing
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780789424792ISBN:0789424797
Description: Very Good/Very Good, ex-lib Very good. Text and cover are very clean and vivid. This attractive, Western-styled picture book tells the story of Stetson, from mild-mannered hatmaker to struggling, sunburned gold digger to the leader of a hatmaking dynasty! The author presents biographical and historical details in a jaunty, compelling voice, and reveals the fascinating process of hatmaking. Illustrator Holly Meade (who won a Caldecott Honor for Hush) blankets the pages with bold cutouts that ... read more
"Boss of the Plains: The Hat that won the West
Illustrated biography of the man who made the hat. Son of a hatter who went West for his health. After making felt for a tent, designed and built the prototype for the first mass-produced cowboy hat.
The story of J.B. Stetson is the story of the birth of the Cowboy Hat. Growing up the son of a hatter he heard stories of the West. He went West for his health and had great adventures. Traveling with some friends he made felt for a tent, out of fur. About a month later he saw that his short brimmed derby hat, offered near no protection from the sun, wind, rain and snow. So he built himself a wide brimmed, tall crowned, thick felt hat, unlike anything else.
Eventually a trail-boss bought the hat right off of his head for a quarter ounce of gold. When Stetson returned to Philadelphia he really could not sell many hats. But in his mind he could see the horseman wearing his high-crowned, wide-brimmed hat as he rode away. It must have been a sight.
John decided to market a hat in the West using an unique marketing method. He called his hat the ?Boss of the Plains.? He made them all the same: light tan felt, with a wide brim, a high crown and a plain band. He sent free samples to every hat store in the West.
He used advanced payments from the West to turn out hats as fast as he could. A Boss of the plains hat could cost a cowboy?s whole month?s wages. But it met the needs of the west like no other hat can. It protected against the sun and the rain. It was used to fan the flames of campfires. Carried feed and water to horses, and used to wave cows into the corral.
Stetson?s were expensive hats, they would impress the lady?s at a dance, or be used to gather berries. It was the perfect decoy when a cowboy was in trouble, or soft padding for his head when he slept.
John B. Stetson made his mark on the West with what later would be known as the ?Cowboy Hat!?"
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