Comrades
by Stephen E. Ambrose
Short essays on male friendship: brothers, Lewis and Clark, Eisenhower and his brothers, Nixon and Rebozo, Custer and his Crows, and Ambrose's own friends. Slight and warm.
Read it if…
you want a short book on friendship between men.
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Skip it if…
you want depth; see The Four Loves.
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Three things you will actually use
- Friendship is chosen family.
- Shared hardship bonds.
- Say it while they are alive.
Do this first
Read the essay on his own friends.
Our verdict
Male friendship, briefly.
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