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Encyclopedia > E. P. Dutton

E. P. Dutton is an American book publishing company founded as a book retailer in Boston, Massachusetts in 1852 by Edward Payson Dutton. Nickname: Beantown, The Hub, Athens of America Location in the state of Massachusetts Founded September 17, 1630 County Suffolk County Mayor Thomas Menino (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 232. ...


In 1864, Dutton expanded to New York City where they began publishing religious books. John Macrae joined the company in 1885 as an office boy and in 1923 was named president. In 1928 the publishing and retail divisions were split into two separate businesses with Macrae acquiring the publishing side, operating as E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc.. For the next fifty-eight years, E. P. Dutton was one of the leading independent publishers in the United States, putting out works by writers such as John Hunt, Cleveland Amory, Milton Glaser, Francoise Sagan, Lawrence Durrell, Luigi Pirandello, John Irving Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Matthiessen, Gavin Maxwell, Gail Sheehy and Mickey Spillane. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the largest city, by population, in the United States. ... John Hunt can refer to: John Hunt, Baron Hunt of Llanfair Waterdine who led the 1953 expedition to climb Mount Everest John Hunt, a British politician John Hunt who was president of the British Virgin Islands from 1741-1750 This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other... Milton Glaser - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Françoise Sagan (21 June 1935 - 24 September 2004), real name Françoise Quoirez, was a French playwright, novelist and screenwriter, best known for strong romantic themes involving middle-class characters. ... Lawrence Durrell (February 27, 1912 – November 7, 1990) was a British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer. ... Luigi Pirandello (June 28, 1867 – December 10, 1936) was an Italian dramatist and novelist, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1934. ... John Winslow Irving (born March 2, 1942) is an American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter (for The Cider House Rules, based on his book of the same name). ... Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938 in Lockport, New York) is an American writer of novels, stories, plays, poetry, and non-fiction, known for being one of the most prolific of serious American writers. ... Peter Matthiessen (born May 22, 1927) in New York City is an American author of historical fiction and non-fiction. ... Gavin Maxwell (July 15, 1914 - September 6, 1969) was a British naturalist and author, best known for his work with otters. ... Frank Morrison Spillane (born March 9, 1918), better known as Mickey Spillane, is an American author of crime novels. ...


Dutton Children's Books is one of the oldest continually operating children's book publishers in the United States whose books include the Winnie-the-Pooh stories. The Disney incarnation of Winnie the Pooh, as a stuffed animal Disney Store Japans rendition of Winnie the Pooh, as a stuffed animal Winnie-the-Pooh is a fictional bear created by A. A. Milne. ...


In 1986, Dutton Books was acquired by the Penguin Group (USA) and operates now as an imprint. Penguin Group (USA) is the U.S. division of the international trade book publisher, Penguin Group, a division of Pearson. ... In the publishing business, an imprint is a brand name under which a work is published. ...



 

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