The Book of Man is just one of
the many books William Bennett has been involved with; previously I'd
had a chance to read The Fight of our Lives and thoroughly
enjoyed its' candid tone about the state of our nation and the subtle
battle we're in. I opened The Book of Man expecting equal
candor and and objective view of what being a man is in our culture
of effeminate men; what I found was not what I was
expecting.
Instead of lengthy essays on manhood and the lack of it in our culture, The Book of Man is chock full of historical stories and examples of manhood. It struck me as an excellent read-aloud from father's to their growing boys; the book providing stories and excerpts about manhood exhibited in a variety of spheres such as: Man in War, Man at Work; Man in Play, Competition, and Leisure , Man in the Polis , Man with Woman and Children .
Instead of lengthy essays on manhood and the lack of it in our culture, The Book of Man is chock full of historical stories and examples of manhood. It struck me as an excellent read-aloud from father's to their growing boys; the book providing stories and excerpts about manhood exhibited in a variety of spheres such as: Man in War, Man at Work; Man in Play, Competition, and Leisure , Man in the Polis , Man with Woman and Children .
As I said, the book's content was simply not what I expected and I found it tedious to read through all the multitude of stories and speeches found in each section.; if however, you have a boy in his early teens having him read select stories could be quite up building.
Feel free to try the book, just know
it's essay light and story and speech heavy; I personally found the
forward the most enjoyable part of the book.
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