Iron John: A Book about Men

This bestseller is a new vision of what a man is or could be, drawing on psychology, anthropology, mythology, folklore and legend.

"Important. Timely and powerful." -New York Times

Robert Bly writes that it is clear to men that the images of adult manhood given by popular culture are worn out-men can no longer depend on them. In Iron John , Robert Bly looks at the importance of the Wild Man (reminiscent of the Wild Woman in Women Who Run With the Wolves), who he compares to a Zen priest, a s...