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From the publisher

The author of A Gentle Madness recounts the lively stories behind a century of publishing at a leading university press

For Yale University Press, which celebrates its hundredth birthday in 2008, the century has been an eventful one, punctuated with no few surprises. The Press has published more than 8,000 volumes through the years, scores of bestsellers and award-winners among them, and these books have come to fruition through the efforts of a host of colorful authors, editors, directors, board members, and others of intellectual and literary renown.

With an ear always cocked for an interesting tale, one of today's best storytellers presents an anecdote-rich chronicle of the Press's first 100 years. Nicholas Basbanes, whom David McCullough has called "the leading authority of books about books," quickly convinces us that the Press's history, while bookish, is also lively and fascinating. Basbanes explores the saga behind the acquisition of Eugene O'Neill's blockbuster play, the all-time Yale bestseller Long Day's Journey into Night; the controversy sparked in 1965 by publication of The Vinland Map; the origins of the groundbreaking Annals of Communism series, initiated in the wake of the Soviet Union's demise; and many more highlights from Press history. Basbanes looks at the reasons behind the publisher's remarkable financial success, and he completes A World of Letters with a glimpse at the new initiatives that will propel the Press into a second exciting century.

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  • Title A World of Letters: Yale University Press, 1908-2008
  • Author Nicholas A. Basbanes
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Yale University Press, New Haven
  • Publication date 2008-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780300115987 / 0300115989
  • Weight 0.84 lbs (0.38 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.96 x 5.68 x 0.86 in (20.22 x 14.43 x 2.18 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
  • Category Sociology
  • Library of Congress subjects Yale University Press - History, University presses - Connecticut - New Haven
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008017680
  • Dewey Decimal Code 070.594

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 10/15/2008, Page 69
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/18/2008, Page 56

About the author

Nicholas Basbanes is the author of A Gentle Madness, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in nonfiction and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His other books include Patience and Fortitude, Among the Gently Mad, A Splendor of Letters, and Every Book Its Reader. He lives in North Grafton, MA.
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