false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173837410m/334078.jpg 334078 9 The man who invented the modern profession of book editing finally got his due, 31 years after his death, when this revelatory biography appeared. A. Scott Berg's detailed explication of Maxwell Perkins's work on the manuscripts of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, and a host of other important American writers shows how much the Scribner's editor contributed to their books, all the while maintaining that he only helped his authors find the best in themselves. This 1978 National Book Award winner is a thorough, carefully considered account of a seminal period in American publishing. 344236 1981 Max Perkins: Editor of Genius total:95|5:42|4:41|3:10|2:1|1:1| 95 407 147 22 4 2 false false Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 07:26:08 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 07:03:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sat Mar 15 17:08:53 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 15 17:13:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1982 Tue Mar 04 19:44:18 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 07:25:13 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun Sep 06 07:29:46 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 07:32:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Thu Dec 20 18:03:57 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 18:09:08 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Wed Jan 07 08:09:25 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 14:50:30 -0800 2009 1 5 0 false false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 14:23:31 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 11:49:40 -0700 2009
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