US Guys: The True and Twisted Mind of the American ManPenguin, 2008 M03 25 - 256 pages From the New York Times bestselling author of Detroit: An American Autopsy “A fearless, clear eyed companion into parts of America that rarely see print.”—Entertainment Weekly Charlie LeDuff has made a career out of his extraordinary ability to capture the spirit of the people and places he profiles. US Guys is his odyssey in search of the truth behind the American man, from a jaded homicide detective in Detroit to a two-bit jockey at a racetrack in Miami to a pair of lovers at a gay rodeo. With audacity, humor, and no small amount of physical pain, he captures a broad diversity of voices as they wrestle with an America they love but increasingly fail to understand. |
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... woman's body and know how to please her. His woman, in turn, should never speak anything but well of him in public. An American man should have been raised in church, rejected the church and eventually found virtue in the church. The ...
... woman's body and know how to please her. His woman, in turn, should never speak anything but well of him in public. An American man should have been raised in church, rejected the church and eventually found virtue in the church. The ...
Page xi
... woman. She is in this book, but hardly. Someday, someone, some woman most likely, with some ambition will write US Gals. It won't be me. I hardly understand women. I do know that women still judge themselves against man, still demand ...
... woman. She is in this book, but hardly. Someday, someone, some woman most likely, with some ambition will write US Gals. It won't be me. I hardly understand women. I do know that women still judge themselves against man, still demand ...
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... woman Sandy is left to her monsters. Sandy is scheduled to have her right leg amputated the following week. She is lying on the love seat, clucking sort of, when Stan the Can walks in. “Honey, I know you going to leave me when I lose ...
... woman Sandy is left to her monsters. Sandy is scheduled to have her right leg amputated the following week. She is lying on the love seat, clucking sort of, when Stan the Can walks in. “Honey, I know you going to leave me when I lose ...
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... woman in pearls and fur takes up with a geriatric husband. He was distant and cold and carried on in the relationship with an air of entitlement. The Reverend rarely got love and when he did, Baby Boy never looked at him. “I ain't a ...
... woman in pearls and fur takes up with a geriatric husband. He was distant and cold and carried on in the relationship with an air of entitlement. The Reverend rarely got love and when he did, Baby Boy never looked at him. “I ain't a ...
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Contents
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Amarillo Texas | 33 |
Oakland California | 61 |
Black Rock city Nevada | 83 |
Coos Bay Oregon | 103 |
Crow Agency Montana | 123 |
New York City New York | 173 |
cleveland Tennessee | 193 |
AcKNOWLEDGMENTs | 241 |
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