<p>Also, does anyone know of any books about Yale, beyond Chloe does Yale and the one about Dink written back in 1912?</p>
<p>Joe College by Tom Perrotta (author of Election). He was in JE in the '80s.</p>
<p>there's a murder mystery book about Yale, and I think Harvard, but I don't have the name, Byerly does...</p>
<p>Yale University "Campus Guide" by Patrick Pinnell is the definative book.</p>
<p>There's three books in that series, crimsonbulldog. They're written by Pamela Thomas-Graham. In order:</p>
<p>1) A Darker Shade Of Crimson-Harvard
2) Blue Blood-Yale
3) Orange Crushed-Princeton</p>
<p>I liked and recommend them. :)</p>
<p>L.Sprague De Camp. The Exalted. - The Best SF Stories Of
the Year: 3. Ed. by I.Asimov</p>
<ol>
<li><p>"Yale: A History"
Primary author: Brooks Mather Kelley
Pub. Date: November 1998</p></li>
<li><p>"A Yale Album:
The Third Century"
Richard Benson</p></li>
<li><p>"The Founding of Yale:
The Legend of the Forty Folios"
George Pierson</p></li>
</ol>
<p>The operative word is "legend"!</p>
<p>Now that I think of it, I'm surprised to realize I don't know of any wonderful books set at Yale (though I'm interested in tracking down L. Sprague De Camp's short story)...</p>
<p>Pamela Thomas-Graham has a cute gimmick in her Ivy League Mysteries, but they've gotten very mixed reviews and she herself is a Harvard woman :rolleyes:.</p>
<p>Her decriptions of New Haven are colorful and dead-on accurate, however!</p>
<p>The rule of thumb in her mysteries: the rich white male did it!</p>
<p>Thomas-Graham's depiction of Princeton is just a bunch of outdated stereotypes that would be laughable if they were not so hostile. I think if one is going to write Ivy League mysteries, it would be wise to try to portray something good about those other than one's own alma mater! She even picks on Princeton students for wearing Princeton sweatshirts.</p>
<p>Yale in New Haven: Architecture and Urbanism by Vincent Scully et al. A gorgeous and fascinating book if you are into architecture. Details the evolution of the Yale campus architecture and New Haven. Hundreds of photographs.</p>
<p>The Good of This Place : Values and Challenges in College Education by Richard Brodhead (now president of Duke). Not specifically about Yale, but about the importance of a liberal education. Eloquent and wry. Highly recommended.</p>
<p>I do think Princeton students go a bit overboard on the branded clothing as compared to students at most eastern colleges. It may have something to do with the dearth of reasonably priced clothing stores in Princeton.</p>