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Young Man Blues

James Howard Kunstler

This is not a sob story. It's a story about the difficulties of growing into manhood and my own particular struggle with disabling anxiety that came along with it, and how I managed to find my way. That was more than fifty years ago. American life was more comfortable and comprehensible than it is now as we face the discords of what I call the long emergency. I still had a hard time. I observe that boys today are up against a whole lot more in their quest to become fully functional adult men.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Kitsap Publishing
  • Publish Date: Dec 1st, 2023
  • Pages: 320
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.80in - 0.85lb
  • EAN: 9781952685774
  • Categories: Life Stages - AdolescenceDevelopmental - AdolescentPsychopathology - Anxieties & Phobias

Praise for this book

Young Man Blues: Notes on a Nervous Adolescence by James Howard Kunstler is not merely a recollection of adolescent hardships but a profound exploration of the complexities of entering adulthood amidst personal and societal turmoil.


In Young Man Blues, Kunstler does not merely recount the trials of his youth; he offers a contemplative and often humorous look at the rites of passage into adulthood. The book is both a personal memoir and a broader commentary on the societal shifts and cultural challenges that shape the journey from youth to maturity.


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