Golden Multitudes: The Story of Best Sellers in the United States, Volume 10Macmillan Company, 1947 - 357 pages |
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... fiction , and a third - Dere Mable — was compounded rather more of truth than imagination . Following the war , popularity swung steadily toward non - fiction , until by the mid - thirties it was outselling fiction . The biggest sell ...
... fiction , and a third - Dere Mable — was compounded rather more of truth than imagination . Following the war , popularity swung steadily toward non - fiction , until by the mid - thirties it was outselling fiction . The biggest sell ...
Page 330
... Fiction : Atherton , Gertrude . Black Oxen . Non - fiction : Post , Emily . Etiquette . 1924 Fiction : Ferber , Edna . So Big . Non - fiction : Peters , Lulu Hunt . Diet and Health . 1925 Fiction : Gibbs , A. Hamilton . Soundings . Non - ...
... Fiction : Atherton , Gertrude . Black Oxen . Non - fiction : Post , Emily . Etiquette . 1924 Fiction : Ferber , Edna . So Big . Non - fiction : Peters , Lulu Hunt . Diet and Health . 1925 Fiction : Gibbs , A. Hamilton . Soundings . Non - ...
Page 331
... fiction : Johnson , Osa . I Married Adventure . 1941 Fiction : Cronin , A. J. The Keys of the Kingdom . Non - fiction : Shirer , William L. Berlin Diary . 1942 Fiction : Werfel , Franz . The Song of Bernadette . Non - fiction : Hargrove ...
... fiction : Johnson , Osa . I Married Adventure . 1941 Fiction : Cronin , A. J. The Keys of the Kingdom . Non - fiction : Shirer , William L. Berlin Diary . 1942 Fiction : Werfel , Franz . The Song of Bernadette . Non - fiction : Hargrove ...
Contents
Vox Pop | 1 |
What Is a Best Seller? | 6 |
Religion and Sensation in Colonial Times II | 11 |
Copyright | |
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