St. Paul's: The Life of a New England School

by August Heckscher

Book by Heckscher, August

398 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

August Heckscher was an American public intellectual and author whose work explored the American liberalism of political leaders.

Reviews

[Dan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I didn't go to St. Paul's, but still found it to be a great social history of a unique New England private school and how social changes throughout the 19th and 20th centuries shaped it; great for understanding New England society through a particular perspective.

It's also great for understanding the social context of fiction such as Auchincloss' "The Rector of Justin".