Calvin Trillin, a longtime staff writer for the "New Yorker" (where "An Education in Georgia" originally appeared as a series of articles), also writes a syndicated newspaper column. His many books include "Travels with Alice," "Enough's Enough (and Other Rules of Life)," and "American Stories."
The stereotypes are swept away, and Holmes and Miss Hunter emerge
as people rather than as Heroes of the Cause. . . . We are left
with an acutely perceptive approximation of what those 30 months at
Athens, Georgia must have meant to the two who lived them and to
those who came in their wake.--Hodding Carter III "Book Week"
[This book] comes closer to the essential social truths of the
problem than do some works of greater scope. . . . Trillin brings
to the task a greater knowledge of his subjects than most
reporters. . . .This knowledge is reinforced by a keen eye, a
sensitive ear and respect for fact.--New York Times Book Review
It is the achievement of Mr. Trillin's brilliant little book that,
without false rhetoric or student pleadings, he can suddenly bring
into focus the whole confused story of Civil Rights by examining in
detail one particularly significant episode.--Times Literary
Supplement
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