Golden Multitudes: The Story of Best Sellers in the United States, Volume 10Macmillan Company, 1947 - 357 pages |
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... appeared on the eve of the Revolution and never won the audience it deserved on this side of the Atlantic , though parts of it appeared in American periodicals . Second only to Robertson's Scotland in the field of historical writing was ...
... appeared on the eve of the Revolution and never won the audience it deserved on this side of the Atlantic , though parts of it appeared in American periodicals . Second only to Robertson's Scotland in the field of historical writing was ...
Page 61
... appeared in Paris . Probably this came from the Quaker clerks ' copy , for it comprised only Part I. It was badly enough translated , but it was soon badly translated back into English for the London press . And as though the comedy had ...
... appeared in Paris . Probably this came from the Quaker clerks ' copy , for it comprised only Part I. It was badly enough translated , but it was soon badly translated back into English for the London press . And as though the comedy had ...
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... appeared in such series as the Blue Ribbon Books , Grosset & Dunlap series , and the Pocket Books . There was a time when " The Old Swimmin ' Hole , " " An Old Sweetheart of Mine , " and " Little Orphant Annie " were memorized and ...
... appeared in such series as the Blue Ribbon Books , Grosset & Dunlap series , and the Pocket Books . There was a time when " The Old Swimmin ' Hole , " " An Old Sweetheart of Mine , " and " Little Orphant Annie " were memorized and ...
Contents
Vox Pop | 1 |
What Is a Best Seller? | 6 |
Religion and Sensation in Colonial Times II | 11 |
Copyright | |
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