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True Gentlemen: The Broken Pledge of America’s Fraternities

Just donated this troubling but well-researched book to the Buffalo State Library Hazing Collection:

True Gentlemen: The Broken Pledge of America’s Fraternities
by John Hechinger
My respects to Mr. Hechinger on his powerful investigation.  I finished the book and my criticisms in the end are very minor. This is a must-read book.
It was written in some haste, but the scene-by-scene reporting is riveting.
Hank Nuwer, Moderator

By Hank Nuwer

Journalist Hank Nuwer tracks hazing deaths in fraternities and schools. Nuwer is the Alaska author of Hazing: Destroying Young Lives; Broken Pledges: The Deadly Rite of Hazing, High School Hazing, Wrongs of Passage and The Hazing Reader. In April of 2024 and April 2025 , the Alaska Press Club awarded him first place in the Best Columnist division.

He has written articles or columns on hazing for the Sunday Times of India, Toronto Globe & Mail, Harper's Magazine, Orlando Sentinel, The Chronicle of Higher Education and the New York Times Sunday Magazine. His current book is Hazing: Destroying Young Lives from Indiana University Press. He is married to Malgorzata Wroblewska Nuwer of Fairbanks, Alaska. Read his musings in his blog at Real Alaska Daily--http://realalaskadaily.com

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