SPOILERS!!!
Thoughts and notes about the books I am reading. My entries are not book reviews but just my personal thoughts and opinions about what I'm reading at the moment. The entries obviously contain SPOILERS.
The hat that Peterson found is a billlycock. It is another name for a bowler hat. It is a hard felt hat with a rounded crown, originally created by the London hat-makers Thomas and William Bowler in 1849. The bowler, a protective and durable hat style, was popular with the British, Irish, and American working classes during the second half of the 19th century.