{"product_id":"the-education-of-a-yankee","title":"The Education of a Yankee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Education of a Yankee \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Judson D. Hale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten with a delightful sense of irony and a profound tenderness, \u003cem\u003eThe Education of a Yankee\u003c\/em\u003e is an engaging memoir that skillfully reveals the grand, eccentric, and occasionally tragic history of a very unconventional family. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJudson Hale was born into Boston's very proper Brahmin world, the son of a wealthy father who loved sailing and horseback riding and a beautiful, talented mother who loved opera and sang professionally. But readers expecting a conventional account of New England privilege will be delightfully surprised. The fate of Hale's older brother, Drake, led his parents to embark on a dramatic, extravagant, and visionary undertaking that changed the family's history and brought a remarkable adventure to the small town of Vanceboro, Maine. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSo began an idealistic and wonderful dream that was to shape Hale's childhood and adolescence, but which ended differently from what his parents had envisioned. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Education of a Yankee\u003c\/em\u003e, at once funny and touching, is full of marvelous anecdotes about life on this unusual farm. We watch anxiously as he finally meets his brother, Drake, and see him wrestle with the challenges of joining the family-owned \u003cem\u003eYankee \u003c\/em\u003emagazine, which, under his editorial direction, has become the third largest regional magazine in the country.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBauhan Publishing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePrint length:‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e272 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eItem Weight:‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.06 pounds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions:‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6 x 1 x 9.25 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJud Hale is the Editor Emeritus of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Old Farmer’s Almanac\u003c\/em\u003e; Jud was the 12th editor of The Old Farmer’s Almanac (since 1792!) and joined the parent company Yankee Publishing in 1958 as an Assistant Editor. For many years, Jud appeared each fall on television shows throughout North America, including “The Today Show,” “Good Morning America,” “\u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eCBS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThis Morning,” and “Late Night with Conan O’Brien.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Boston and raised on a dairy farm in Vanceboro, Maine, Hale graduated from Dartmouth College (Class of 1955) in 1958. He also served with the Third Armored Division as a tank commander from 1955 to 1957. He is married to Sally Huberlie of Rochester, New York. They have three married sons, Judson Jr., Daniel, and Christopher, and seven grandchildren.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bauhan Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44020312014936,"sku":"978-0872331839","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/7875\/5416\/files\/EducationofaYankee.jpg?v=1776868434","url":"https:\/\/store.newengland.com\/products\/the-education-of-a-yankee","provider":"NewEngland.com Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}