Golden Multitudes: The Story of Best Sellers in the United States, Volume 10Macmillan Company, 1947 - 357 pages |
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Page 96
... reached great popular audiences in the forties . The first was Jared Sparks ' Life of Washington , published by F. Andrews , Bos- ton , in 1839 as a supplementary volume in the author's edition of Washington's Writings , and then issued ...
... reached great popular audiences in the forties . The first was Jared Sparks ' Life of Washington , published by F. Andrews , Bos- ton , in 1839 as a supplementary volume in the author's edition of Washington's Writings , and then issued ...
Page 224
... reached the best seller scale we have set up , but it was the most popular juvenile of the turn of the century and established a long line of Oz books . Published in 1900 by Bobbs Merrill , it was a great success both in the book ...
... reached the best seller scale we have set up , but it was the most popular juvenile of the turn of the century and established a long line of Oz books . Published in 1900 by Bobbs Merrill , it was a great success both in the book ...
Page 265
... reached the million mark as yet , they are close to it . Sherlock Holmes did much to stimulate the production of good detective stories . Of course , the weekly " Old Sleuth , ” “ Old Cap Collier , " and " Nick Carter " nickel ...
... reached the million mark as yet , they are close to it . Sherlock Holmes did much to stimulate the production of good detective stories . Of course , the weekly " Old Sleuth , ” “ Old Cap Collier , " and " Nick Carter " nickel ...
Contents
Vox Pop I | 1 |
What Is a Best Seller? | 6 |
Religion and Sensation in Colonial Times II | 11 |
Copyright | |
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