Old Man Country
My Search for Meaning Among the Elders
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 7 January 2020
- ISBN 9780190689988
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages192 pages
- Size 239x157x22 mm
- Weight 399 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
We live in a time of change, an era where old men can maintain health but find dignity in frailty. Old Man Country helps readers see and imagine this change for themselves. The book follows the journey of a writer in search of wisdom, as he narrates encounters with twelve distinguished American men over 80 -- including Paul Volcker, the former head of the Federal Reserve, and Denton Cooley, the world's most famous heart surgeon. In these and other intimate conversations, the book explores and honors the particular way that each man faces the challenges of living a good old age.
MoreLong description:
We live in a time of change, an era where old men can be celebrated as elders who are valued but who are not demeaned if they become ill and dependent. Where we aim to maintain health but find dignity in frailty. Old Man Country helps readers see and imagine this change for themselves. The book follows the journey of a writer in search of wisdom, as he narrates encounters with twelve distinguished American men over 80 -- including Paul Volcker, the former head of the Federal Reserve, and Denton Cooley, the world's most famous heart surgeon. In these and other intimate conversations, the book explores and honors the particular way that each man faces four challenges of living a good old age: Am I Still a Man? Do I Still Matter? What is the Meaning of My Life? Am I Loved? Readers will come to see how each man -- even the most famous -- faces challenges that are every man's challenges. Personal yet universal stories about work, love, sexuality, and hope mingle with stories about illness, loss and death. These stories will strengthen each of us as we anticipate and navigate our way through the passages of old age.
"Our culture too often defines our lives as a journey of three parts, the final one running from age 65 until death. But as Thomas Cole makes clear there is a "fourth age," encompassing those over 80, and it's growing at four-times the rate of the U. S. population as a whole. Intertwining elegant snippets of his personal recollections with riveting interviews of well-known 'fourth age' men, Cole pushes us to reconsider the holistic nature of our lives. Not just an important book, but a revolutionary one as well."
Table of Contents:
Chapter One: What My Fathers Couldn't Find
Chapter Two: Setting Out on Life's Journey
PART ONE: AM I STILL A MAN?
Chapter Three: George Vaillant and American Manhood
Chapter Four: Red Duke, the Cowboy Surgeon
Chapter Five: Sherwin Nuland: The Old Man Who Was Young and Strong
PART TWO: DO I STILL MATTER?
Chapter Six: The Moral World of Paul Volcker
Chapter Seven: Denton Cooley and the Legacy of 100,000 Hearts
Chapter Eight: John Harper Gets by with a little Help from his Friends
PART THREE: WHAT IS THE MEANING OF MY LIFE?
Chapter Nine: Hugh Downs: TV Broadcaster as Modern Day Cicero
Chapter Ten: Sam Karff and the Power of Stories
Chapter Eleven: James Forbes: Old Man by the Riverside
PART FOUR: AM I LOVED?
Chapter Twelve: Dan Callahan: Love in the Old Age of Ethics
Chapter Thirteen: Walter Wink: Nonviolent Resistance and Dementia
Chapter Fourteen: Ram Dass and Me
INTERLUDE: WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
Chapter Fifteen: Gleanings for the Path Ahead
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