Skip to main content
Esquire Classic
Issues
Topics
Contributors
Sign In
Subscribe
Man at His Best
The Complaint
The Beatification of the Greatest Generation
September
1
2001
CHARLES P. PIERCE
The Complaint
CHARLES P. PIERCE
September
1
2001
View Article Pages
Man at His Best
The Complaint
The Beatification of the Greatest Generation
September
1
2001
CHARLES P. PIERCE
Sign In to read this article
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic - The Official Esquire Archive
Every issue Esquire has ever published, since 1933
Every timeless feature, profile, interview, novella - even the ads!
85+ Years of outstanding fiction from world-renowned authors
More than 150,000 Images — beautiful High-Resolution photography, zoom into every page
Unlimited Search and Browse
Bookmark all your favorites into custom Collections
Enjoy on Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile
View Full Issue
More From This Issue
FEATURES
Fidel & the Magic Boy
September
2001
By
MICHAEL PATERNITI
Features
The Enlightened Man
September
2001
By
JEANNE MARIE LASKAS
HOLLYWOOD
Tom Hanks Acts Like a Man
September
2001
By
BILL ZEHME
Trying
September
2001
By
JEFF GORDINIER
Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller
September
2001
By
SCOTT RAAB
End the Cuba Embargo. Now
September
2001
By
WALTER RUSSELL MEAD
Unlock every article Esquire has ever published.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
every timeless profile, interview, short story, feature, advertisement
, and much more!
More From This Issue
FEATURES
Fidel & the Magic Boy
September
2001
By
MICHAEL PATERNITI
Features
The Enlightened Man
September
2001
By
JEANNE MARIE LASKAS
HOLLYWOOD
Tom Hanks Acts Like a Man
September
2001
By
BILL ZEHME
CHARLES P. PIERCE
The Era of Big Government Is Over. And Marcus Stephens Is Dead.
APRIL 2000
By
Charles P. Pierce
The Complaint: Tucker Carlson
MAY 2001
By
CHARLES P. PIERCE
SPORTS
The Last Sports Column
SEPTEMBER 2002
By
CHARLES P. PIERCE
Man at His Best
Man at His Best
WILL YOU BE SEEING OBLIVION?
APRIL 2013
Man at His Best
FOUR BOOKS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
DECEMBER 2013
By
BENJAMIN PERCY, SCOTT RAAB, TOM CHIARELLA, 1 more ...
Man at His Best
Worth Shelling Out For
JULY 1985
By
Colin L. Westerbeck
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic
Everything Esquire has ever published