Big Wig

Hair--we’re all obsessed with it, to one degree or another. But how many of us spend time thinking about the history of hair? Veteran non-fiction writer Kathleen Krull does--her first “book”, written when she was ten, was called “Hair-Dos and People I Know,” a collection of hair-dos of all kinds. So......more

Big Wig is a comical but factual look at highlights (forgive the pun) in hair history. It is refreshing to see details from cultures on nearly every continent and to read about significant contributions to hair style and hair care originating from non-European peoples. The author takes a humorous ap......more