Boys to Men
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Chapter 1 Courage
[3]. Brett and Kate McKay, The Art of Manliness Manvotionals: Timeless Wisdom and Advice on Living the 7 Manly Virtues (Cincinnati, OH: How Books, 2011), 39.
[4]. Stephen B. Oates, Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. (New York: HarperPerennial, 1994), 159.
[5]. Portions of the biographies in this book have been drawn from sources in Wikipedia.
[6]. Henry Van Dyke, Manhood, Faith, and Courage (1906), as quoted in McKay, Art of Manliness Manvotionals, 42–43.
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[8]. Michael Gurian, How Do I Help Him? A Practitioner’s Guide to Working with Boys and Men in Therapeutic Settings (Spokane, WA: Gurian Institute Press, 2011), 100.
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Chapter 2 Honor and Nobility
[10]. McKay, The Art of Manliness Manvotionals, 2.
[11]. Ibid., 2.
[12]. Gleaned from Roy Blount Jr., Robert E. Lee (New York: Penguin Putnam, 2003).
[13]. H. W. Crocker III, Robert E. Lee on Leadership: Executive Lessons in Character, Courage, and Vision (Roseville, CA: Prima Publishing, 1999) 35, 52.
[14]. Ibid., 32.
[15]. Professor Edward S. Joynes, chair of Modern Languages at Washington College under Lee, originally published in Richmond Dispatch, January 27, 1901.
[16]. Clint Johnson, The Politically Incorrect Guide to the South (and Why It Will Rise Again) (Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, 2006), 165.
[17]. Orison Swett Marden, Success (magazine), originally founded in 1897, quoted in http://artofmanliness.com/2010/11/13/manvotional-robert-e-lees-chivalry/.
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[19]. Lewis, Abolition of Man, 35.
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Chapter 3 Duty
[21]. Laurie Calkhoven, George Washington: An American Life (New York: Sterling Publishing Co., 2006), chaps. 1–2.
[22]. Ibid., 24–25.
[23]. George Washington bio, http://sc94.ameslab.gov/tour/gwash.html.
[24]. Ibid., 45–46.
[25]. Calkhoven, George Washington, 58.
[26]. Aubrey Andelin, Man of Steel and Velvet (Pierce City, MO: Pacific Press Santa Barbara ed., 1972), 38–39.
[27]. Previous five paragraphs gleaned from conversations with David McLaughlin, creator of Role of a Man seminars.
Chapter 4 Integrity and Loyalty
[28]. The Official Site of Coach John Wooden, http://www.coachwooden.com/.
[29]. Pat Williams with Jim Denney, Coach Wooden: The Seven Principles That Shaped His Life and Will Change Yours (Grand Rapids: Revell, 2011), 167.
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[31]. Williams with Denney, Coach Wooden, 26.
[32]. Ibid., 55.
[33]. John Wooden with Steve Jamison, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court (Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1997), 18.
[34]. John Wooden, They Call Me Coach (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003), 95.
Chapter 5 Self-Discipline
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[36]. Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (New York: The Modern Library, 1979), 11–12.
[37]. Ibid., 32.
[38]. McKay, Art of Manliness Manvotionals, 187.
[39]. “Research,” Prison Studies Project, http://prisonstudiesproject.org/research/, accessed 5/21/12.
[40]. Gurian, How Do I Help Him?, 73.
[41]. Ibid., 85–87.
[42]. Morris, Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, 13.
[43]. Williams with Denney, Coach Wooden, 140.
[44]. Andelin, Man of Steel and Velvet, 99.
[45]. Ibid., 85–102.
Chapter 6 Perseverance
[46]. Steven Otfinoski, Abraham Lincoln (New York: Children’s Press, 2004), 8–12.
[47]. Williams with Denney, Coach Wooden, 79.
[48]. Edwin Louis Cole, Never Quit (Southlake, TX: Watercolor Books, 1993), 44.
[49]. Williams with Denney, Coach Wooden, 132.
[50]. Randy Alcorn, 90 Days of God’s Goodness (Colorado Springs: Multnomah, 2011), 198.
[51]. Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Heroism.” Essays, First Series, 1841, quoted in McKay, Art of Manliness Manvotionals, 60.
[52]. Cole, Never Quit, 37.
[53]. ABC News, “Persistence Is Learned from Fathers, Says Study,” June 15, 2012, http://abcnews.go.com/Health/persistence-learned-fathers-study/story?id=16571927#.T99LTI7lPZF.
Chapter 7 Hardihood and Resiliency
[54]. Brett and Kate McKay, “Manvotional: Do You Have Hardihood?” Art of Manliness website, January 17, 2010, http://artofmanliness.com/2010/01/17/manvotional-do-you-have-hardihood/.
[55]. “Jedediah Smith,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedediah_Smith, accessed 3/2/12.
[56]. Ibid.
[57]. Andelin, Man of Steel and Velvet, 3.
[58]. Ibid., 15.
[59]. Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden, The Dangerous Book for Boys (New York: HarperCollins, 2007), 75–78.
[60]. Gurian, How Do I Help Him?, 67.
[61]. Ibid., 90.
[62]. William A. Alcott, The Young Man’s Guide (Boston, MA: Perkins and Marvin, 1836), 2–3.
Chapter 8 Common Sense and Wisdom
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[66]. Ibid.
[67]. Edwin Louis Cole, Real Man (Southlake, TX: Watercolor Books, 1992), 19.
[68]. Eric Reed, “The Demise of Guys? Boys’ Brains Are Being Rewired by Video Games and Online Porn,” Leadership Journal, Nov. 10, 2011, http://www.outofur.com/archives/2011/11/the_demise_of_g.html.
[69]. Michael Gurian with Terry Trueman, What Stories Does My Son Need? (New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 2000), 5, 7.
[70]. Gurian, How Do I Help Him?, 44–45.
[71]. Ibid., 34–39.
[72]. Ibid.
[73]. Ibid.
[74]. Ibid., 34–54.
[75]. Ibid., 54–59.
Chapter 9 Vision
[76]. Rita Thievon Mullin, Thomas Jefferson: Architect of Freedom (New York: Sterling Publishing Co., 2007), 6.
[77]. Jacqueline Ching, Thomas Jefferson: A Photographic Story of a Life (New York: DK Publishing, 2009), 24.
Chapter 10 Intellect
[78]. Henry Morris, Men of Science Men of God (Green Forest, AZ: Master Books, 1988), http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/1998/03/02/leonardo-da-vinci.
[79]. Mario Lucertini, Ana Millán Gasca, and F. Nicolò, eds., Technological Concepts and Mathematical Models in the Evolution of Modern Engineering (Berlin, Germany: Birkhäuser, 2004), 13.
[80]. Mark Sherman, “We Owe to Our Sons What We’ve Given to Our Daughters,” Real Men Don’t Write Blogs, Psychology Today, February 13, 2013, http://www.psychologytoday.com/em/118117.
[81]. Gurian, How Do I Help Him?, 15.
[82]. Nick Szymanis, “Boys at School: Is It the Teaching or the Tests?” Globe and Mail, Dec. 12, 2011, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/boys-at-school-is-it-the-teaching-or-the-tests/article2266450/.
[83]. C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man, 32–33.
[84]. Peter Marshall and David Manuel, The Light and the Glory (Grand Rapids: Revell, 1977), 435.
[85]. Seth Godin, Stop Stealing Dreams, Ebook, 2012, 14, http://www.sethgodin.com/sg/docs/StopStealingDreamsSCREEN.pdf.
[86]. Gurian, How Do I Help Him?, 121.
[87]. Ibid., 122.
[88]. Alan Fram, “One in Four Read No Books Last Year,” Washington Post, August 21, 2007, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/21/AR2007082101045.html.
[89]. For a more complete study on this, see Michael Gurian, Boys and Girls Learn Differently! (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001).
Chapter 11 Compassion and Empathy
[90]. C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man, 34.
[91]. “Respect and Responsibility: The Truth About Kids Who Hunt,” produced by Randall Eaton, PhD, DVD recording, 1997.
[92]. Randall Eaton, From Boys to Men of Heart: Hunting as a Rite of Passage (Shelton, WA: OWLink Media, 2009), xlix.
[93]. Ibid.
Chapter 12 Warrior-Poet
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Some Final Thoughts
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