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