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- Publisher: Penguin Audiobooks
- ISBN: 0142428248
- WAPI (Tower ID): 113964176
- Release Date: January 7, 2010
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #11521 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #266 in Biography & Autobiography (See Top 100 Biography & Autobiography Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionMore Books by Elizabeth Gilbert (Author)Run a Quick Search on "The Last American Man" by Elizabeth Gilbert to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "The Last American Man"Browse more products related to "Elizabeth Gilbert"Review"[THE LAST AMERICAN MAN] is a tremendously witty, insightful, and disturbing portrait of a contemporary mountain man and the society that needs such heroes....With affection, humour and respect, Gilbert reveals the ultimate authoritarianism of this myth [of the American frontier] and the man that it made." "Gilbert has a jaunty, breathless style, and she paints a complicated portrait of American maleness that is as original as it is surprising." "THE LAST AMERICAN MAN is a vigorous, engaging book...." "[A] wickedly well-written and finally pain-filled biography...." "...Gilbert delivers a first-rate work of reportage." Publisher's noteWhat does it mean to be a man in modern America? Do men somehow better themselves when they leave civilization and head into the woods? The Last American Man is a cultural examination of contemporary American male identity and the uniquely American desire to return to the wilderness. From the frontier West to American utopian communities, Elizabeth Gilbert has produced a history of American manhood as it has never been told before. To illustrate her story, Gilbert uses the rich and fascinating case study of Eustace Conway, a man who has lived in the Appalachian Mountains since the age of 17. Conway has worked tirelessly to try to convince his fellow Americans to give up self-destructive modern lifestyles and return with him to the primal sanctuary of the wilderness. He is a living metaphor that challenges all assumptions about what it is to be a modern man in America. "The Last American Man" is at the same time an adventure saga and a thoughtful meditation on the relationship of man to the wilderness. It is also a reflection of masculine American identity in all its conflicting elements-energy, isolation, narcissism, inventiveness, audacity, and destiny. AnnotationThis portrait, which grew from a profile published in GQ, studies the life of mountain-man Eustace Conway, who upon running away from his family, pursued a survivalist lifestyle in the North Carolina woods--and flourished. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. If You Enjoy "The Last American Man (CD)", May We Also Recommend:
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