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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bly, Robert.

Iron John : a book about men / Robert Bly.
p. cm.

ISBN 0-201-51720-5

0-201-57042-4 (limited edition)

I. Men—United States. 2. Masculinity (Psychology) 3. Men—

United States—Psychology. I. Title.

HQI090.3.B59 1990

305.31—dc20

90-37877

CIP

Copyright © 1990 by Robert Bly

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