Manly Health and Training: To Teach the Science of a Sound and

Manly Health and Training: To Teach the Science of a Sound and Beautiful Body

A truly significant discovery, Walt Whitmanâ€™s Manly Health and Training is an entertaining health manifesto that sheds new light on one of Americaâ€™s major nineteenth-century authors.Â

In the fall of 1858, a thirteen-part essay series appearedÂ in theÂ New York Atlas, under the titleÂ Manly Health and Training.Â This nearly 47,000-word journalistic effort, written by Walt Whitman under his pen name â€œMose Velsor,â€ was lost for more than 150 years, buried in just a handful of library archives, until its recent unexpected discovery.

What you hold in your hands is a long-lost health manifesto that, remarkably, is as relevant today as it was back in the nineteenth century. A truly illuminating discovery that reveals much about a little-known period in Whitmanâ€™s life, this menâ€™s guide features earnest recommendations for eating, sleeping, and exercise, emphasizing moderation and focusing on the holistic relationship between the mind and the body:

â€”Be a carnivore:Â â€œLet the main part of the diet be meat, to the exclusion of all else.â€
â€”Engage in vigorous exercise:Â â€œHabituate yourself to the brisk walk in the fresh airâ€”to the exercise of pulling the oarâ€”and to the loud declamation upon the hills, or along the shore.â€
â€”Go to bed by 10 p.m.:Â â€œ. . . with a plentiful supply of good air, during the six, seven, or eight hours that are spent in sleep. During most of the year, the window must be kept partly open for this purpose.â€
â€”Take a cold shower in the morning:Â â€œIn most cases the best thing he can commence the day with is a rapid wash of the whole body in cold water, using a sponge, or the hands.â€
â€”Wear comfortable shoes:Â â€œMost of the usual fashionable boots and shoes, which neither favor comfort, nor health, nor the ease of walking, are to be discarded.â€
â€”Grow a beard:Â â€œThe beard is a great sanitary protection to the throatâ€”for purposes of health it should always be worn, just as much as the hair of the head should be.â€
â€”Banish depression:Â â€œIf the victim of â€˜the horrorsâ€™ could but pluck up energy enough to strip off all his clothes and gives his whole body a stinging rubdown with a flesh-brush till the skin becomes all red and aglow, he would be thoroughly cured of his depression, by this alone.â€

Filled with Whitmanic aphorisms and beautifully illustrated with contemporary artwork,Â Manly Health and TrainingÂ provides essential insight into one of the worldâ€™s most beloved poets and his philosophy on manhood, bodily perfectibility, and the future of the American body politic.
Country USA
Brand Regan Arts.
Manufacturer Regan Arts.
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781682450758
ReleaseDate 2017-02-07
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EANs 9781682450758

Country	USA
Brand	Regan Arts.
Manufacturer	Regan Arts.
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781682450758
ReleaseDate	2017-02-07
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781682450758

Manly Health and Training: To Teach the Science of a Sound and Beautiful Body

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