Old Man Country: My Search for Meaning Among the Elders – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780190689995,0190689994,9780190690007, 0190690003

Product details:

• ISBN-10: 0190690003
• ISBN-13: 9780190690007
• Author: Thomas R. Cole
  

Old Man Country helps readers see and imagine these possibilities for themselves. The book follows the journey of a writer in search of wisdom, as he encounters 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 universal challenges. Personal stories about work, love, sexuality, and hope mingle with stories about illness, loss and death. This book will strengthen each of us as we and our loved ones anticipate and navigate our way through the passages of old age.

Table contents:

Chapter 1 What My Fathers Couldn’t Find
Chapter 2 Setting Out on Life’s Journey

PART I Am I Still a Man?
Chapter 3 George Vaillant and the Good Life of the American Man
Chapter 4 Red Duke: The Cowboy Surgeon
Chapter 5 Sherwin Nuland: The Old Man Who Was Young and Strong

PART II Do I Still Matter?
Chapter 6 The Moral World of Paul Volcker
Chapter 7 Denton Cooley and the Legacy of 100,000 Hearts
Chapter 8 John Harper Gets by with a Little Help from His Friends

PART III What Is the Meaning of My Life?
Chapter 9 Hugh Downs: Television Broadcaster as Modern-Day Cicero
Chapter 10 Sam Karff and the Power of Stories
Chapter 11 James Forbes: Old Man by the Riverside

PART IV Am I Still Loved?
Chapter 12 Dan Callahan: Love in the (Old) Age of Ethics
Chapter 13 The Story of Walter Wink: Nonviolent Resistance and Dementia
Chapter 14 Ram Dass and Me
Chapter 15 Gleanings for the Path Ahead

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