Fatherhood provides one of life's most joyful yet challenging tasks. This lively and fascinating book recounts specific guidance from more than 150 of history's most famous fathers, from Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway to Benjamin Disraeli and Mahatma Gandhi. With advice on such subjects as character, success, faith, love and happiness, this is a unique and unprecedented window into fatherhood through the ages.
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
With the rediscovery of fatherhood today as a key feature of family life, I felt it worthwhile to look specifically at the advice offered by famous fathers throughout history. That is, what words of wisdom did they actually offer their sons and daughters? How did they respond to their own children's problems, uncertainties, and questions about schooling, achievement, work, romance, success, adversity and faith? And could such guidance from the past still be relevant in a time when teenagers casually carry cellular phones and preschoolers use computers and color printers to make each other birthday cards?
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Marvelous insight into parenting.,
By Paul Palnik (Columbus, Ohio) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Book Of Fathers' Wisdom: Paternal Advice from Moses to Bob Dylan (Hardcover)
Hoffman has a gift for making obscure and difficult truths clear and easily understood. He has selected words of powerful wisdom that bring the oft forgotten subject of "Fatherhood" into crisp focus. This book is written with compassion for children and the deepest respect for fatherhood. Only a soul that has no sympathy for the difficulties and challenges of being a male parent could find this book lacking. An excellent book written by an author with uncommon vision and heart. An excellent gift for a father you may know.
4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
save your money....this book is tripe.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Book Of Fathers' Wisdom: Paternal Advice from Moses to Bob Dylan (Hardcover)
this book isn't worth the paper it's written on...it provides no insight into parenting, and it has silly/annoying cartoons throughout. it reads quickly, because there's no substance....and yet i couldn't even bear to finish it.
2 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Paternal advice from Moses to Bob Dylan,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Book Of Fathers' Wisdom: Paternal Advice from Moses to Bob Dylan (Hardcover)
Bob Dylan gets paternal advice from Moses????
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
