The Art of Manliness

Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man

By: Brett McKay, Kate McKay

Narrated by: Todd McLaren

Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

Man Up!

While it's definitely more than just monster trucks, grilling and six-pack abs, true manliness is hard to define. The words macho and manly are not synonymous.

Taking lessons from classic gentlemen such as Benjamin Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt, authors Brett and Kate McKay have created a collection of the most useful advice every man needs to know to live life to its full potential.

This book contains a wealth of information that ranges from survival skills to social skills to advice on how to improve your character. Whether you are braving the wilds with your friends, courting your girlfriend or raising a family, inside you'll find practical information and inspiration for every area of life. You'll learn the basics all modern men should know, including how to:

Shave like your grandpa
Be a perfect houseguest
Fight like a gentleman using the art of bartitsu
Help a friend with a problem
Give a man hug
Perform a fireman's carry
Ask for a woman’s hand in marriage
Raise resilient kids
Predict the weather like a frontiersman
Start a fire without matches
Give a dynamic speech
Live a well-balanced life

So jump in today and gain the skills and knowledge you need to be a real man in the 21st century.

©2009 Brett and Kate McKay (P)2011 Tantor

Critic reviews

“This couple shows that you can be a man without being a jerk." (MDAA, Toronto Star.com)

Excellent book!

Some of the content is amateur, but given the current times necessary. Things like tying a tie... However, there is outstanding content such as Benjamin Frankie’s rules of virtue and Chastity. Overall a must read for any man, in any era.

Good Information

There is good information and just plain useless information in this book. Its a good one time read.

Great book

This book touches on a lot of what is missing in our modern pseudo f-u society. I think men in general have lost what it means to be a man and a gentleman at that. Some of the stuff about camping is pretty basic. But the book has a point. People would rather buy outdoorsy clothes to look outdoorsy but they rarely get out and camp. I recommend this book to any male between the ages of 18-60.

thoroughly useful!

this book was very informative and helpful. every connected me to a lot of things that I knew and had forgotten as I got older or I didn't know all together. I recommend it for any man. My only critique is the section of relationships & courting women seems to be very old-fashioned. I still recommend the book All In All though as it has a lot of resources and information.

A much needed book!

Brett McKay and his wife do an excellent job at writing the things men/dads wish we knew and how to go about passing them on.J7st reading and or listening to this book gives you the confidence you did not know you needed

Great Book

Provided great advice and insight. I truly enjoyed it. I started shaving with a saftey razor because of this book and love it.

Maybe I'm just not right for this

maybe I'm just the wrong generation for this but it seems really really obvious and simplistic. the Striking thing about it is that a book like this needed to be written at all. I thought all of this was common knowledge. I guess I was wrong. I guess I was looking for more of a philosophical approach.

Good Book for Brushing up on Your Etiquette

Any additional comments?

If you're looking to brush up on your basic manly etiquette, I highly recommend this book.

Excellent book!

Great book! A must read for every man! I will definitely recommend it to my friends.

don't buy the audio. physical copy is much better

this is a good book but there's so much practical advice listed in this book that it was hard to get it all listening to audio. owning a physical copy of the book would be much better