Golden Multitudes: The Story of Best Sellers in the United States, Volume 10Macmillan Company, 1947 - 357 pages |
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... plays that delighted people who loved oratory and were accustomed to applaud the rolling periods of their stump- speakers . And it was also the spectacle and costuming , and the sensational blood - letting and play of passions . And ...
... plays that delighted people who loved oratory and were accustomed to applaud the rolling periods of their stump- speakers . And it was also the spectacle and costuming , and the sensational blood - letting and play of passions . And ...
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... play volumes for the schools with copious notes . By this time efforts were being made for uni- formity in college ... play - house and the little theatre still produce his plays , and a new production still excites interest . We still ...
... play volumes for the schools with copious notes . By this time efforts were being made for uni- formity in college ... play - house and the little theatre still produce his plays , and a new production still excites interest . We still ...
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... play out of the book and showed it in New York ; it won the distinction of a parody by Charles H. Webb , called Liffith Lank ; and mul- tiple editions sold like hot cakes . But the book was much more than a passing sensation ; it ranks ...
... play out of the book and showed it in New York ; it won the distinction of a parody by Charles H. Webb , called Liffith Lank ; and mul- tiple editions sold like hot cakes . But the book was much more than a passing sensation ; it ranks ...
Contents
Vox Pop | 1 |
What Is a Best Seller? | 6 |
Religion and Sensation in Colonial Times II | 11 |
Copyright | |
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