Golden Multitudes: The Story of Best Sellers in the United States, Volume 10Macmillan Company, 1947 - 357 pages |
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... decade . In most cases , a popular book's total sales do not fall neatly within a calendar year ; and thus our ... decade in which the book was published . This gives a slight advantage to books published late in the decade , since ...
... decade . In most cases , a popular book's total sales do not fall neatly within a calendar year ; and thus our ... decade in which the book was published . This gives a slight advantage to books published late in the decade , since ...
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... decade was full of extravagances in styles , manners , and morals , with its speakeasies , its defiant gangsterism , its " monkey trial , " and such outstanding personalities as Lindbergh , Valentino , Capone , and Aimee Semple ...
... decade was full of extravagances in styles , manners , and morals , with its speakeasies , its defiant gangsterism , its " monkey trial , " and such outstanding personalities as Lindbergh , Valentino , Capone , and Aimee Semple ...
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... decade of the thirties . Anthony Adverse and Gone With the Wind are the only top - rank best sellers of the decade which did not sell half a million or more in that format . How to Win Friends , The Good Earth , and Lost Horizon were PB ...
... decade of the thirties . Anthony Adverse and Gone With the Wind are the only top - rank best sellers of the decade which did not sell half a million or more in that format . How to Win Friends , The Good Earth , and Lost Horizon were PB ...
Contents
Vox Pop | 1 |
What Is a Best Seller? | 6 |
Religion and Sensation in Colonial Times II | 11 |
Copyright | |
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