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Former employees of Alfred A. (for Abraham) Knopf, a publisher with the appearance and manner of a retired Cossack sergeant, recall that on the frequent occasions when Knopf was displeased, he would ...

The Desert Sun summarized the allure of the valley in June 1953: “Sun, sand and stars … celestial or Hollywood … are some of the important ingredients that make Palm Springs the nation’s foremost ...

"Will Random House be any fun at all as a 'big business' instead of our very personal venture?" wonders Klopfer in a 1944 letter to his fellow Random House founding partner Cerf. Many have wistfully ...

Biographies of book publishers are scarce, though the possibility of one or another is frequently announced, never to appear. Their lives, I once conjectured, had too many uncomfortable secrets that ...