From Boys to Men

List of Illustrations Preface
"Fiction Is the Lie through Which We Tell the Truth"

Part I: Moral Education: Exemplary Figures

Chapter One
The Boy Problem
Abe Lincoln and the Childhood of Famous Americans Series

Part II: Public Servants: Statesmen and Politicians

Chapter Two
Seeking a National Audience
Lee and Jefferson as Honorable Virginians

Chapter Three
The Series Concept
The Founding Fathers as Male Role Models

Part III: Military Readiness: War and Peace

Chapter Four
"Mama's Boys" and "Infantile" Men
The Roosevelts and the Masculine Mystique

Chapter Five
Citizen Soldiers and Fetishizing the Military Male

Part IV: Social Relationships: Exclusivity and Race

Chapter Six
Frontier Manhood and the Dangers of "Going Native"

Chapter Seven
"Persecution Hounds" and the "Threat" of African American Masculinity

Part V: The Vocational and Recreational: Balancing Work and Play

Chapter Eight
"Boys at Work"
Technology and Business as Manly Pursuits

Chapter Nine
"Muscular Masculinity"
Protecting Our Boys from Delinquency through Sports

Part VI: The Intellectual Boy: The Power of Literacy

Chapter Ten
Male Delinquency and the Challenges of Historical Literacy

Conclusion
"Welcome Back, Miss Hazelrod"

Notes
Index

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• Estudos de literatura infantil : geral
• Estudos de gênero: homens

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