Summary
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Inspired by a dusty fez in his parents' attic, Jeremy Seal set off in 1993 to trace the astonishing history of this cone-shaped hat. Soon, the quintessentially Turkish headgear became the key to understanding a country beset by contradictions. Seal's investigations took him from the fez-topped headstones of Istanbul's ghostly cemeteries to the remote town on the Black Sea where Ataturk, the father of modern Turkey, first banned the fez in 1925. From there Seal traveled around the country, visiting eastern cities where intractable fez wearers were once hanged, exploring the troubled Kurdish southeast, watching the production of fez-shaped hats for whirling dervishes in the mystical central city of Konya. The result of his unusual journey is an engaging and agile mix of history and travel, politics and reportage.
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- Title A Fez of the Heart
- Author Jeremy Seal
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition Th
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Paperbacks, San Diego
- Date 1996-03-28
- ISBN 9780156003933 / 0156003937
- Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
- Dimensions 8.58 x 5.48 x 0.85 in (21.79 x 13.92 x 2.16 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Cultural Region: Turkey
- Library of Congress subjects East and West, Turkey - Description and travel
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95047394
- Dewey Decimal Code 914.961
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Citations
- Booklist, 03/15/1996, Page 1237
- Kirkus Reviews, 01/15/1996, Page 122
- Library Journal, 04/01/1996, Page 106
- New York Times, 06/16/1996, Page 13
- Publishers Weekly, 01/29/1996, Page 96
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