Everyone, Then No One
David Nasaw: Where have all the bowler hats gone?, 23 February 2006
Hatless Jack: The President, the Fedora and the Death of the Hat
by Neil Steinberg.
Granta, 342 pp., £12, August 2005,1 86207 782 7 Show More
by Neil Steinberg.
Granta, 342 pp., £12, August 2005,
“... story of the hat-check girl, borrowed in part from an A.J. Liebling New Yorker article, is told in Neil Steinberg’s shaggy-dog history, Hatless Jack. The book floats amiably back and forth, but spends most time on JFK. Steinberg’s thesis is simply stated. Once upon a time, everyone wore hats; then no one ... ”
