AtDtDA(28): A Small Exploring Party

[Dave Monroe]

"a broad-brim hat"

Cf. ...

wideawake hat

AKA "Quaker Hat" - worn between @1720 - 1817; Victoria Wren's uncle
from Australia with wideawake hat, 72; "God wore a wideawake hat" 73;
the Gaucho in, 161; "a drunken soldier in a wideawake hat who carried
a Mauser" 262

http://www.hyperarts.com/pynchon/v/alpha/w.html
http://v.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=W

73/72 - God wore a wideawake hat

A Wideawake Hat is a men's hat resembling those worn by the Quakers
that settled parts of the United States. They are usually made from
black or brown felt and have a fairly wide brim that is upturned
slightly (maybe 15 degrees) from the base of the hat on the left and
right sides, while being pretty flat on the front and back with a
fairly blunt top (as opposed to the well rounded top of a bowler).
Usually there is also a fairly tall black hatband around the base,
just above the brim.

http://v.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_3

"Access from the street was by way of a Dutch door, whose open top
half, that long-ago evening, had come to frame Hector under a ragged
leather hat with a wide brim ..." (VL, Ch. 3, p. 22)

http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0308&msg=84184

And, in general, on "Headwear in ATD" (not to mention Alrdtp), e.g., ...

http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0702&msg=115357
http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0702&msg=115435
http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0702&msg=115440
http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0702&msg=115459
http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0702&msg=115489

Thanks again, Tim, Monte, Paul Robin, et al. ...

Sorry, again, have been in a bit of a rush, so ...

On 3/22/08, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:

> "a hatband of Siberian tiger skin"
>
> The Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) is a rare subspecies of
> tiger (P. tigris). Also known as the Amur, Manchurian, Korean, Altaic,
> or North China tiger, it is confined completely to the Amur region in
> the Far East, where it is now protected....
>
> [...]
>
> The Tungusic people considered the Siberian tiger a near-deity and
> often referred to it as "Grandfather" or "Old man". The Udege and
> Nanai called it "Amba". The Manchu considered the Siberian tiger as Hu
> Lin, the king.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Tiger#Native_perceptions
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Tiger
>
> "See My Vest"
>
> Burns: Some men hunt for sport, others hunt for food,
> The only thing I'm hunting for, is an outfit that looks good...
>
> See my vest, see my vest,
> Made from real gorilla chest,
> Feel this sweater, there's no better than authentic Irish setter,
> See this hat, 'twas my cat ...
>
> http://snpp.com/episodes/2F18.html
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=4G4uDiI_FqQ
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Dozen_and_One_Greyhounds
> http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/information/lists/songlyrics.shtml