It's a Man's World is a 19-episode
/
drama television series centered on four young men who live in a
houseboat called the
Elephant, which is moored at an
Ohio River town named Cordella, in
Ohio. The program aired on
NBC from September 17, 1962, to January 28, 1963.
[Alex McNeil, Total Television, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., pp. 415–416]
The characters
The main characters are pre-law
college student Wes Macauley, portrayed by
Glenn Corbett (1933–1993) and his younger brother Howie, recently orphaned by an
automobile accident, played by
Michael Burns (born 1947).
Ted Bessell (1935–1996) played Tom-Tom DeWitt, a college student who came from a wealthy
Chicago family.
Randy Boone (born 1942), a cousin of
Pat Boone and a nephew of
Richard Boone, played free spirit Vern Hodges, a talented
guitarist from Boone's native
North Carolina.
