In response to: How Princetonians Saved ‘The Great Gatsby’
Current issue
July 2025
On the cover: Wilton Virgo ’00 and his classmates celebrate during the P-rade.
On the cover: Wilton Virgo ’00 and his classmates celebrate during the P-rade.
Kudos to Elyse Graham ’07 for her illuminating and well-crafted piece on the resurrection of Fitzgerald by various Princetonians.
As a high schooler I was intrigued by John McPhee ’53’s portrait of Bill Bradley, A Sense of Where You Are, as well as Scott’s This Side of Paradise.
While writing my thesis in the Cottage library a few years later, it was greatly ironic to view Bradley’s mention in the display of Rhodes Scholars, and Scott’s original transcript pages under glass within feet thereof.
After consult with the director of the Rare Book Room in Firestone (where I also toiled), and the consent of the UCC Grad Board, the originals are now in Firestone and photostats are replicated in the library of his beloved club.