George Palmer Putnam: Representative American Publisher

by Ezra Greenspan

Book Overview

George Palmer Putnam (1814-1872) was arguably the most important American publisher of the nineteenth century, a man fully and multiply involved in developments transforming all aspects of literary culture. In this comprehensive cultural biography, Ezra Greenspan offers a wide-ranging account of a rich, productive life lived in print, interrelating Putnam's life with the life of his family (one of the most remarkable of its time), with the changing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271020059
• ISBN13: 9780271020051
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"