Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
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: 179 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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