The Art of Manliness

How to Survive a Bear Attack: An Illustrated Guide

by Brett & Kate McKay

Illustration by Ted Slampyak

The Life of Jack London as a Case Study in the Power and Perils of Thumos — #3: Oyster Pirate

by Brett & Kate McKay

This article is part of a series that studies the life of Jack London, and especially his display of the Ancient Greek concept of thumos. As fifteen-year-old Jack London toiled away in a steamy, rank pickle factory for ten cents an hour, he hatched a plan that would allow him to make much more money, [...]

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How to Raise Backyard Chickens

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Creek Stewart of Willow Haven Outdoor. I’m a smart man. I have surrounded myself with a very beautiful group of girls who tirelessly landscape my yard, provide rich compost for my garden, dispose of my kitchen scraps, handle insect control around the house, keep me company, and even [...]

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The Life of Jack London as a Case Study in the Power and Perils of Thumos — #2: Boyhood

by Brett & Kate McKay

This article is part of a series that studies the life of Jack London, and especially his display of the Ancient Greek concept of thumos. John Griffith London was born in San Francisco in 1876 the illegitimate son of Flora Wellman — a free-loving spiritualist who conducted séances in her home. He never knew his [...]

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The Life of Jack London as a Case Study in the Power and Perils of Thumos — #1: Introduction

by Brett & Kate McKay

“Jack London was the type of man to have commanded other men. [He has] eyes to inflame youth, inspire men, madden women.” -Frank Pease “He just jumped into life with both feet in that courageous way of his, and he got romance and mystery and beauty out of it where other men could see only [...]

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Manvotional: Leadership and Responsibility

by Brett & Kate McKay

This is a different kind of Manvotional…a short audio interview rather than a piece of text. But I heard it today on NPR’s “To the Best of Our Knowledge” and found it so powerful I knew I had to share it here. In the clip, Steve Paulson interviews Donovan Campbell, currently an author and business [...]

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So You Want My Job: Mountain Guide

by Brett & Kate McKay

Once again we return to our So You Want My Job series, in which we interview men who are employed in desirable jobs and ask them about the reality of their work and for advice on how men can live their dream. Many men climb mountains simply because they are there. An unbeatable reason. But if you [...]

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The Weekly Huckberry Giveaway: March 22, 2013

by Brett & Kate McKay

The winner of last week’s giveaway was: Brad Thornburg from Weatherford, Oklahoma. Brad selected those well-designed Khlip nail clippers. Nail clippers ftw! Great to see a fellow Okie take home the prize. My Picks This Week Man almighty. This might be my favorite Huckberry edition yet. It was hard to narrow down what to talk [...]

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How to Build the Ultimate Bodyweight Gym (Using Only PVC Pipe)

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Todd Kuslikis. Men strive for efficiency. We are creatures that look for ways of getting the maximum amount of benefit from the least amount of time invested. We look for the straightest path to achieve our goals. That’s why I am always confused why so many men wake [...]

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Outfitted & Equipped: Watching March Basketball with Friends

by A Manly Guest Contributor

This post is brought to you by Jack Threads. What to wear and carry while keeping up with your college basketball bracket.

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7 Tips for Successfully Completing Boot Camp, or Any Intense Training Experience, Courtesy of WWII Marines

by Marcus Brotherton

Picture yourself. You’re 18-years-old. It’s Monday morning, December 8, 1941, the day after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, and you’re furious. You and your friends are standing in a long recruiting line along with every other able-bodied young man in your hometown, and you’ve got a huge goal ahead of you—you want your family and all [...]

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How to Use Valet Parking (Without Looking Like an Idiot)

by Brett & Kate McKay

It’s a standard scene in television and film that’s designed to show what a smooth, cool dude the protagonist is. He cruises up to a club in his sleek sports car, hands the vehicle over to the parking valet with a wink, and then confidently strides inside with a beautiful dame on his arm. That, [...]

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How and Why to Become a Lifelong Learner

by Brett & Kate McKay

For the first twenty-two years or so of our lives, our main “job” is learning. The bulk of our time is spent in classrooms acquiring new knowledge. And then, once we graduate, we feel like the education phase of our lives is done and now it’s time to go out into the world. Have [...]

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Manvotional: Fighting

by Brett & Kate McKay

Editor’s Note: This week’s post on thumos brought to mind this Manvotional. Tom Brown’s School Days was a popular nineteenth-century novel that followed eleven-year-old Tom Brown, as he adjusted to life at a public boarding school for boys and learned how to become a young gentleman. The following excerpt introduces an account of Tom’s only [...]

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How Not to Become Your Absentee Father

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Andy Harrelson. In 1969, then governor of California, Ronald Reagan, signed into law the country’s first no-fault divorce bill. Many other states quickly followed his example. Whether his signing the bill was the cause of the skyrocketing divorce rates that were to come in the next decades [...]

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The Weekly Huckberry Giveaway: March 15, 2013

by Brett & Kate McKay

The winner of last week’s giveaway was: Jonathan Kennedy of Urbandale, IA. Jonathan selected one of those handsome Tsovet watches — which retail for $450. Whoo-wee! My Picks This Week Huckberry’s got some nice things this week for the gent who wants to look dapper. First up are some nail clippers with greatly updated form, [...]

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Don Draper Judo: Unarmed Self-Defense from the Mad Men Era

by Brett & Kate McKay

As I was browsing through some old magazines the other day, I came across a fantastic issue of Popular Science from 1962 that contained a feature on unarmed self-defense. The article was adapted from a book entitled Modern Judo and Self-Defense by Harry Ewen, a “police judo” expert. The best part of the multi-page article are the [...]

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Outfitted & Equipped: Sunny Spring Patio Happy Hour

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s note: This gallery is curated by Joe Weber from Dappered.com. I’ve been getting lots of requests from companies to sponsor an edition of Outfitted and Equipped lately (no, this one isn’t sponsored — the sponsor wanted me to remove the valet at the last minute for not being cool enough, and I wouldn’t do [...]

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Skip the Take-Out: Quick Southern Comfort Recipes

by Matt Moore

These days, it seems that my life never gets any less busy. Just when I think I’m on top of things, another project or opportunity comes along that puts me right back behind the eight ball. I imagine most of you can relate. Between work, relationships, significant others, kids, (insert your own craziness) – life [...]

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