The Cowboy Hat Book

About this book

Revised to include presidential hats new celebrity hats and a fully updated resource listing of custom hatters. The Cowboy Hat Book features an impressive array of cowboy hats showcasing the wide variety of styles colors and fabrics used to create the cowboy hat now a symbol of America and western culture that is recognized all over the world. Beginning with a brief history of the cowboy hat the authors go on to explain the building of the perfect hat its care and feeding hat etiquette hat hair and more. Beautiful photos of real cowboys and movie cowboys sporting their trademark hats illustrate how creases brims shapes and trims are unique to the individual who wears each hat. The Cowboy Hat Book celebrates the history and importance of this unique piece of clothing that hasnt fundamentally changed in more than 100 years. Ritch Rands family has been making handcrafted hats for over twenty years. His hats have rested on dozens of famous heads-from presidents to kings and heads of state to movie stars. He lives in Billings Montana. William Reynolds is president and CEO of the marketing PR and advertising agency Banning Company Inc. The company has a special division that services the western and equine industries. He lives in Malibu California.