
- 280 pages
- English
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Publisher for the Masses, Emanuel Haldeman-Julius
About this book
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 (1889β1951), a writer-publisher-entrepreneur who was one of America's most significant publishers and editorialists of the twentieth century. His company published a record 500, 000, 000 copies of 2, 580 titlesand 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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- 1. Forces That Shaped Him, 1889β1905
- 2. The Beckoning World, 1905β1915
- 3. Girard, Kansas, 1915β1918
- 4. Little Blue Books, 1918β1923
- 5. A Cornucopia of Books and Events, 1923β1928
- 6. The Great Depression, 1928β1938
- 7. Resurrection, 1938β1951
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About R. Alton Lee
- Illustrations