Advice to Young Men

William Cobbett

A youth, a young man, a lover, a husband, a father, a citizen: Cobbett writes one blunt letter to each stage of a man's life. The great radical journalist preaches early rising, plain living, honest debt-free independence, and choosing a wife with your eyes open. Vigorous, opinionated, and completely unembarrassed. Advice with mud on its boots and iron in its spine.