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A lot of it is gleaned from oral interviews with cerf, so some of the stories i picked up this book because i had the good fortune to meet bennett cerf s son chris through the columbia publishing course. In 1925 he acquired the modern library with donald klopfer, providing the foundation for their next publishing venture, random house. The reminiscences of bennett cerf by bennett cerf online at alibris. Bennett cerf books list of books by author bennett cerf. Roderick random was published in 1748 to immediate acclaim, and established smollett among the most popular of. We just said we were going to publish a few books on the side at random. For more than forty years they personally guided its fortunes, creating one of the most successful publishing companies in america. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. At random ebook by bennett cerf 9780307819994 rakuten kobo. The reminiscences of bennett cerf cerf, bennett, cerf, christopher on. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site.
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