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That's what little boys are made of: a "dangerous" book for adventurous boys--but not girls.

Publication: Reason
Publication Date: 01-OCT-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
A British import called The Dangerous Book for Boys has been soaring on the American bestseller lists. The book, by the English brothers Conn and Hal Iggulden, revels in retro, conjuring up a pre-computer idyll of hunting, skipping stones, making paper airplanes, and heartening tales of battlefield heroics.

The Dangerous Book also expects its readers to be gentlemen; it endorses good manners, cleanliness, and knowledge of Shakespeare and Latin. Many see it as a welcome antidote not only to the narrow and sedentary interests of the digital age but to the safety-obsessed, anti-competitive mind-set of "politically correct" schooling and to feminist scorn for all things male.

But are initiative and adventure "male"? Some people have asked why the same...

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