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Title: Boss of the Plains
Subtitle: The Hat That Won the West
Author: Laurie Carlson
Narrator: Hal Hollings
Format: Unabridged
Length: 13 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-04-08
Publisher: Penguin Group USA and Audible
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Kids, Ages 5-7
Publisher's Summary:
When the American West was first being settled, everyone wore whatever hat was available. But John Stetson, a hat-maker who had followed his dream of going West, invented a wide-brimmed, high-crowned hat that quickly became the most popular hat west of the Mississippi.
©1998 Laurie M. Carlson & Holly Meade; (P)2008 Penguin
Members Reviews:
Awesome book.
Are you kidding? This book is awesome!
Wild West, cowboys, entrepreneurs, incredible illustrations. This book works a little bit as a biography of John Stetson, but it really tells of the development of the perfect Western hat.
More books like this, please.
Illustrator Holly Meade never fails to delight her readers
what a special book this is! Illustrator Holly Meade never fails to delight her readers. This book is "fun history" because of a clearly written and lighthearted text accomanied by those very human, never boring illustrations. You can nearly detect the twinkle in the eyes of some of the people in the pictures.
Awesome!
This book is awesome! I liked it because it gave me an idea about how hats are made. I also learned about the first person to make cowboy hats -- John Stetson. Did you know that you could buy a Boss of the Plains hat TODAY? Online? For about $300? The pictures in this book are colorful. You can see how he made the hats, and you can see what the West looked like during the Gold Rush in Colorado. I think this book is very good for children who are interested in the West. I am in 2nd grade and homeschooled. I recommend it for 2nd graders and up to 5th graders, too.
Best of both worlds: true story with fun details and illustrations. They'll hardly know they're learning!!
This is the best of both worlds...for kids! It's the true story of John B. Stetson and how he got into his famous cowboy hats. The hat in this book, he Boss of the Plains, sells for between $100-$200 on Amazon! Your kids will love it and you will, too. A delightful read with lots of details, though not so many that kids lose interest. I have 8 kids, the oldest being 20. We discovered this book at the library when he was about 7 or so, and I've read it to all the kids in between. When my two youngest fell in love with the story, I went ahead and bought it. Wish I'd paid more attention, though: I accidentally ordered paperback. Bummer. I may order it again in hardcover. It gets a lot of use!
Read how and when the stetson was invented RIGHT here!
This well-written and beautifully illustrated book tells children (and adults) how the stetson came to be invented and still in production today! John Batterson Stetson started work at a young age in his family's hatmaking business. He dreamed of the West but did not get there until much later in life when he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. A group of travelers encouraged him to come with them to Pikes Peak, Colorado Territory. As they sat around a campfire, someone wished for a tent but knew that skins would not work. John told them that fur would work but they just scoffed at him. Guess what? He proved them wrong, making a felt covering!
Once in Colorado, John soon found out that his "fashionable" derby hat offered absolutely NO protection so decided to make a better one for himself. Read on in the book to see who bought the first one right off his head, the risk he took to get folks buying and how it all went.
