Customer Rating: Summary: the cowboy hat;history,art,culture,function[cowboy gear Comment: this book is over all a good infornative book on westen hats.i find it almost as good as william reynolds & ritch rand the cowboy hat book.the photography is excellent and creative. Customer Rating: Summary: Misleading: little on the history, art, culture, function Comment: The book is an attractive coffee table picture book of old and new western hats but contains almost no information at all. A much better and cheaper book is the Cowboy Hat Book by Reynolds which has excellent pictures as well but also provides useful introductory information throughout.
David Stoecklein's latest volume in the "Cowboy Gear" series showcases all the different types of Western cowboy hats. For working cowboys and cowgirls, a hat is first and foremost an essential tool for the jobs they do, but it can also be a personal statement of style. These photographs pay a lasting tribute to this vital piece of gear.
