The Education of a Yankee: An American Memoir

by Judson Hale and Judson D. Hale Sr.

Book Overview

The editor of Yankee magazine, author of Inside New England, is back again with a humorous, informative and irreverent autobiography. A delightfully engaging and unconventional memoir. 40 illustrations.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060157526
• ISBN13: 9780060157524
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

one of the best books I have ever read

Very well written humourous and moving account of a remarkable family and a young boy who grew up to become quite normal in spite of it.Captures theunique qualities of rural Washington county Maine residents very well indeed .Great book!

absolutely delightful account of a most unusual family

For those of us who search for first-rate autobiographies, Mr. Hale has given us a rare gift- a fascinating account of his growing up in a most unusual setting, even by the standards of New England eccentricity. Raised by loving, extremely wealthy parents who abided by - and built a community based upon - an ahead-of-its-time Swiss educational philosophy, Mr. Hale enjoyed a mostly halcyon boyhood which Tom Sawyer would have envied. There is a dark side to his life as well, and Hale doesn't shirk from the harsher realities. This is a first-rate read - a genuine piece of Americana by the editor of Yankee magazine.