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"item_title" : "The House of Harper",
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Overview
An updated edition of this definitive history of Harper--a fascinating look into the history of American letters from the unique perspective of one of the country's most distinguished and enduring publishers--now with a new introduction that brings the book up to the present day. From Moby Dick to Huckleberry Finn--but not Alice in Wonderland, which was rejected--The House of Harper is a sweeping trip through American letters, offering anecdotes and stories about authors from Charles Dickens, Herman Melville, and Mark Twain to Thomas Wolfe, Aldous Huxley, and Edna St. Vincent Millay.
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- ISBN-13: 9780061936661
- ISBN-10: 0061936669
- Publisher: Harper Perennial
- Publish Date: March 2010
- Dimensions: 8.94 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.83 pounds
- Page Count: 352
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