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Author Marcus, Leonard S., 1950-

Title Minders of make-believe : idealists, entrepreneurs, and the shaping of American children's literature / Leonard S. Marcus.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., [2008]
©2008

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  028.5 MARCUS    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  070.5083 MARCUS    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department  028.9 MARCUS    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Parents Collection  PAR J070.5 MARCUS    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  028.5 M322M    Check Shelf
Description xi, 402 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-369) and index.
Contents Providence and purpose in Colonial America and the young republic -- Wonder in the wake of war : publishing for the children from the gilded age to the dawn of the new century -- Innocence lost and found : the 1920s -- Sisters in crisis and in conflict : the 1930s -- World War and mass market : the 1940s -- Fun and fear : the 1950s -- Shaken and stirred : the 1960s -- Change and more change : the 1970s -- Suits and wizards at the millennium's gate.
Subject Children's literature -- Publishing -- United States -- History.
Children's books -- United States -- History.
Children -- Books and reading -- United States -- History.
Children's literature -- Publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Children's books -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Children -- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9780395674079
0395674077
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