Product Description

Generation X and Y is a generation of Lost Boys. We live in a Never-Never-Land where boys stay boys and never become men. More and more males today are putting off college, family, and adult responsibilities in order to play video games and do keg stands. The Art of Manliness is dedicated to helping men uncover what manliness means in the 21st century. What skills and knowledge should a 21st century man acquire? What traits should they develop? This book will have the answers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2093 in Books
• Published on: 2009-10-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

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• ISBN13: 9781600614620
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
"YES!!
When I started reading the story, I admit I was skeptical. I thought it was just another chest-thumping by a Neanderthal, but I was wrong!!! Brett and Kate's answers were right on. I've been waiting for 20 years for men to start being men again. Make no mistake, equality is important to me, but I love it when a man can change a tire for me or remembers that I am a woman to be cherished and protected. Sure I can paint a room or do minor repairs around the house and I do, but once in a while, I love having a guy do it for me. Besides, this couple shows that you can be a man without being a jerk." -- MDAA, Toronto Star.com comment, 27 October 2009

About the Author
Brett McKay is a man. Kate McKay loves manly men. Together this husband and wife team reside in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and run the ArtofManliness.com, the manliest website on the Internet.

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The lost art of manilness is described in this book, along with its remedy. The authors really make a good case on how to act and what sorts of things a manly man needs to do. It's not all pomp and circumstance, either. There are really, really good tips throughtout and it has helped me in tremendous ways. I don't like to admit that I didn't know some of the things inside the book, but it's good to know them now so I won't end up looking like a fool. I think all men should read this and I think all parents should give one to their sons. It can really help a guy out a lot. Another good one, in my opinion for the same reasons, is How to Get a Girlfriend: Two Classic Dating Guides in One Volume-Understanding Women and How To Be The Man Women Want.

Destined to become the Bible for many men.
Brett McKay is a Tulsa, Oklahoma blogger, who, along with his wife Kate, has penned some of the most articulate and thoughtful sentiments on the dwindling state of manliness today.

This book should be a reference for any modern man who is living in today's gender-neutralized society where it is hip to poke fun at men, and the term "manliness" never shows up in the media unless it is connected with a crime or applied to a woman.

Mr. McKay is a bookworm; he has read all the great classics and studied the lives of great men from Theodore Roosevelt to Winston Churchill, from Martin Luther King, Jr. to George Washington. He uses his extensive knowledge and acute observational skills to draw up witty, detailed, and sincere advice on every area of being a man, from heroism to cleanliness, chivalry to friendship, fatherhood to virtues. This book is indispensable. Men all over America and the world are benefiting from the Art of Manliness, be it in book form, or on the blog.

He writes with the sympathetic but direct prose of a good father or male role model. The Art of Manliness does not make you feel bad if you are lacking in some areas of manliness; it just gives you direct, clear advice on how to improve. It is not written from a conservative or a liberal slant, a religious or an anti-religious slant; it reaches out to ALL men who are willing to improve. While other man-books out there turn manliness into a big joke, and others bog you down in deep philosophical ponderings, The Art of Manliness takes its subject seriously, but presents itself in a witty, easy-to-understand manner.

Also, be sure to check out my personal favorite blog post that was composed after Mr. McKay had already set the table of contents for the book in place: The Art of Letter Writing. Mr. McKay's thoughts on the dying art of hand-written, mailed sentiment and how to construct a proper letter have turned me into a passionate letter writer. Just one of the countless examples of how The Art of Manliness has influenced men everywhere. This book and its accompanying blog is a true one-of-a-kind.

Finally, something for men.

Required reading.
So far my favourite chapters have been, Chapter One: The Gentleman, which is chock full of the basic stuff that your father should've taught you but serves as a good refresher course, or a solid foundation to build on. Chapter Four: The Lover, I am pretty tight with the chivalry stuff but it was a cool read especially the segments pertaining to marriage, I was hoping this chapter was Kate approved to help me get inside of the female mind and not let anything unimportant slip through. By far my favourite chapter was, Chapter Five: The Father, of course because I am a father and I especially appreciated the segment "Raise Resilient Kids, it reaffirmed many things I already practice in raising my daughter which is good because some of those things can be scary such as "2. Let Them Do Unsafe Things". Plus I was amused at the "Teach Your Kid To Ride A Bike" segment in particularly the old dirty trick of "..let go of the bike's seat. To avoid a possible freak-out and ensuing spill, don't tell him you're letting go." The last two chapters "The Leader" and "The Virtuous Man" could be combined with chapter one as required reading for every young man. The humor peppered into the segments is a nice touch and keeps the writing down to earth and kept the pages turning. The glossary in the back is a nice "The Clockwork Orange" touch, and I know if I adopt too much of it I will sound like I stepped out of a movie (although I do naturally use a few of those). I now count "square-rigged" the newest edition to my vocabulary.

It definately sets itself apart from any self-help, lifestyle, fashion, philosophy type of books by means of the honesty of its we-give-a-damn tone that it strikes. A great book for perpetuating the endangered art of manliness.