Last American Man

English

ISBN: 0142002836

EAN: 9780142002834

Category: History / United States / State & Local / General/History / United States / General/Sports & Recreation / Outdoor Skills/

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Release Date: 05/28/2003

Age Range: 18-UP

Synopsis: In this rousing examination of contemporary American male identity, acclaimed author and journalist Elizabeth Gilbert explores the fascinating true story of Eustace Conway. In 1977, at the age of seventeen, Conway left his familys comfortable suburban home to move to the Appalachian Mountains. For more than two decades he has lived there, making fire with sticks, wearing skins from animals he has trapped, and trying to convince Americans to give up their materialistic lifestyles and return with him back to nature. To Gilbert, Conways mythical character challenges all our assumptions about what it is to be a modern man in America; he is a symbol of much we feel how our men should be, but rarely are.

Awards: National Book Critics Circle Awards – null  National Book Critics Circle Awards – null 

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Last American Man

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.62 inches

Width: 5.0 inches

Length: 7.75 inches

Weight: 7.37 oz

Pages: 288