My Boyhood In A Parsonage: Some Brief Sketches of American Life Toward the Close of the Last Century

By Thomas William Lamont, Jr.

Published Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London, 1946.

203 pp. Hardcover in original binding. Not Ex-Lib. Previous owner inscriptions on ffep.

One of the world's outstanding bankers reminisces about boyhood in a Methodist parsonage in a small town of upstate New York. One has a feel of the way of life in such small communities as his father was assigned to -- and poor as they were, every penny saved was put towards his education. He went to Exeter, then to Harvard, always working his way as he went. A story abounding in delightful human experiences:- church, family prayers, donation parties (that cost his father more than they contributed), parents and a brother that were inspirations to him, family reunions that brought relatives together from the country over. He tells of the family library, his omnivorous reading and his school days. There's a Grayson quality to the telling.

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