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US Guys: The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man

by Charlie LeDuff · 2007

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The New York Times's most intrepid itinerant takes the measure of American manhood on a road trip like no other

Charlie LeDuff has made a career out of his extraordinary ability to capture the spirit of the people and places he profiles. US Guysis his odyssey in search of the truth behind the American man, from a jaded homicide detective in Detroit to a two-bit jockey at a racetrack in Miami to a pair of lovers at a gay rodeo. With audacity, humor, and no small amount of physical pain, he captures a broad diversity of voices as they wrestle with an America they love but increasingly fail to understand.

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