The Education of a Yankee is Judson Hale’s engaging memoir about the grand,
eccentric, and occasionally tragic history of his very unconventional family.
Born into Boston’s very proper Brahmin world, Hale was the son of a wealthy
father who loved sailing and horseback riding, and a beautiful and talented mother
who 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. In this new
edition, Hale updates his memoir to include recent revelations,
including Drake’s late-in-life diagnosis of autism. Jud Hale joined Yankee Publishing
in September 1958 as an assistant editor. In his capacity as
editor-in-chief of Yankee Magazine and The Old Farmer’s Almanac,
Jud has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows throughout the
country, including the Today Show, Good Morning America, Late Night with Conan
O’Brien and on CNN. Born in Boston and raised on a dairy farm in
Vanceboro, Maine, Jud graduated from Dartmouth College in 1958, having served
with the Third Armored Division as a Tank Commander from 1955 to 1957. He lives
in Peterborough, New Hampshire with his wife Sally. Free and open to all.
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