Cultural References
Woody Guthrie wrote the song "The Sinking of the Reuben James". He performed the song with Pete Seeger and the other Almanac Singers. The Guthrie song has an original tune for its chorus, but its verses are set to the tune of the song "Wildwood Flower". The song was performed by Johnny Horton on his album "Johnny Horton Makes History." The Kingston Trio have released their version of the song on numerous albums.
The Reuben James was also the name of the Frigate that intercepted the eponymous submarine of the film The Hunt for Red October. In addition there is a frigate named Reuben James in the book "Red Storm Rising."
Read more about this topic: USS Reuben James (DD-245)
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“The men who are messing up their lives, their families, and their world in their quest to feel man enough are not exercising true masculinity, but a grotesque exaggeration of what they think a man is. When we see men overdoing their masculinity, we can assume that they haven’t been raised by men, that they have taken cultural stereotypes literally, and that they are scared they aren’t being manly enough.”
—Frank Pittman (20th century)