CALVIN TRILLIN, a longtime staff writer for the New Yorker (where An Education in Georgia originally appeared as a series of articles), also writes a syndicated newspaper column. His many books include Travels with Alice, Enough's Enough (and Other Rules of Life), and American Stories.

It is the achievement of Mr. Trillin's brilliant little book that, without false rhetoric or student pleadings, he can suddenly bring into focus the whole confused story of Civil Rights by examining in detail one particularly significant episode.

CALVIN TRILLIN, a longtime staff writer for the New Yorker (where An Education in Georgia originally appeared as a series of articles), also writes a syndicated newspaper column. His many books include Travels with Alice, Enough's Enough (and Other Rules of Life), and American Stories.

It is the achievement of Mr. Trillin's brilliant little book that, without false rhetoric or student pleadings, he can suddenly bring into focus the whole confused story of Civil Rights by examining in detail one particularly significant episode.

CALVIN TRILLIN, a longtime staff writer for the New Yorker (where An Education in Georgia originally appeared as a series of articles), also writes a syndicated newspaper column. His many books include Travels with Alice, Enough's Enough (and Other Rules of Life), and American Stories.

It is the achievement of Mr. Trillin's brilliant little book that, without false rhetoric or student pleadings, he can suddenly bring into focus the whole confused story of Civil Rights by examining in detail one particularly significant episode.