Dartmouth Authors

John D. Wright Jr. '42. Transylvania: Tutor to the West. Transylvania Press, 1975. 444 pp. $9.95. A cultural, political, religious, and economic history of Transylvania College, chartered in 1780 and located in Lexington, Kentucky.

[Randall Bassett '64. Zen Karate. Warner Books. 238 pp. $1.50. Though Bassett won his black belt in karate, he was not satisfied with it as the complete martial art. Utilizing his Dartmouth studies in oriental philosophy, further studies in Japan and his own long-term preoccupation with self defense, he has developed Zen Karate, with ideas drawn from Zen Buddhism. The 231 illustrations teach one how to explore one's deepest identity and power, use mind and body in self defense, avoid violence, and cope with it in everyday life, no matter how unexpectedly it occurs.