Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Lee, R. Alton (1931-....)
Titre(s) : Publisher for the masses, Emanuel Haldeman-Julius [Texte imprimé] / R. Alton Lee
Publication : Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xiv, 255 p.) ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"His admirers called him the "Barnum of Books" and the "Voltaire of Kansas" because
of his ability to bring culture and education to the people. R. Alton Lee brings to
life Emanuel Haldeman-Julius (1889-1951), a writer-publisher-entrepreneur who was
one of America's most significant publishers and editorialists of the twentieth century,
if not all time. His company published a record 500,000,000 copies of 2,580 titles
and was second only to the U.S. Government Printing Office in the quantity of publications
it produced. Lee details Haldeman-Julius's family origins in Russia and his formative
years in Philadelphia, where he learned the book trade. As a writer and editor for
the Social Democrat, Sunday Call, and Western Comrade, Haldeman-Julius was already
well known by the time he launched his own publishing company. Haldeman-Julius knew,
was nurtured by, and published writers such as Jack London, Upton Sinclair, Jane Addams,
Emma Goldman, H. L. Mencken, Carl Sandburg, Eugene V. Debs,Clarence Darrow, Job Harriman,
Will Durant, and Bertrand Russell, among others. Based in Girard, Kansas, his company,
Haldeman-Julius Publications, covered socialist politics, the philosophy of free thought,
and both new and classic books marketed to ordinary Americans, including the Little
Blue Book series of classics in Western thought and literature. This biography of
the enigmatic and energetic Haldeman-Julius opens a window into the fascinating world
of early twentieth-century radical politics and publishing" ; "A new biography of
Emanuel Haldeman-Julius, one of the twentieth century's greatest book publishers and
socialist writers"
Sujet(s) : Haldeman-Julius, Emanuel (1889-1951) -- Critique et interprétation
Indice(s) Dewey :
070.509 2 (23e éd.) = Édition - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781496201287. - ISBN 1496201280 (rel)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45535077f
Notice n° :
FRBNF45535077
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