Collects short works of fiction, personal letters, ancient Greek poetry, excerpts from eighteenth-century childcare manuals, newspaper reports, and selections from popular culture in an anthology that celebrates the joys, responsibilities, and vulnerabilities of fatherhood as evinced by more than four thousand years of writing. 15,000 first printing.
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'beautiful anthology, which any parent or child would benefit from reading' -- The Times 21 July 2001
'calculated to produce a warm glow in the paternal breast' -- Times Literary Supplement August 10 2001
'witty, warm and wise' -- The Sunday Telegraph 17 June 2001
John Lewis-Stempel is a writer and stay-at-home dad. His many books include Eye-witness D-Day, The West, Eye-witness World War II, and Eye-witness History, and his journalism appears in such publications as The Independent, Time Out, and New Statesman.
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