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Harcourt, Brace & World only existed between 1960 and 1970. The name Harcourt, Brace & World was used on books that were copyrighted as early as 1931, if not before. [6] [note 1] [7] By 1960, Harcourt Brace led the market in high school textbook publishing, but had little presence in the elementary school market.
William Jovanovich (1920 – 4 December 2001) was an American publisher, author, and businessman of Montenegrin descent. He served as the director of the publishing firm Harcourt, Brace & World from 1954 to 1991, renamed Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich in his honor in 1970.
Books originally published by Harcourt, including World Book Company; Harcourt, Brace & Howe; Harcourt, Brace & Company; Harcourt, Brace & World; and Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company (/ ˈ h oʊ t ən / HOH-tən; [9] HMH) is an American publisher of textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, and reference works. The company is based in the Boston Financial District .
Her novel Florida was a finalist for the 2004 National Book Award for Fiction and her second novel, All Souls, was published by Harcourt in spring of 2008 [2] and was a finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in fiction. [3]
Harcourt was the son of Gertrude M. Elting and Charles M. Harcourt. Alfred was born in New Paltz, New York, [2] to a fruit farmer and attended the New Paltz Normal School. While at the normal school Harcourt became a member of the Delphic Fraternity. [3] An illness at age 9 led to his love for books and reading. [4]
Delmar's breakthrough as a writer occurred at age 25 with Bad Girl, a popular fiction novel published in 1928 by Harcourt Brace and Co. Spinning a cautionary tale about premarital sex, pregnancy, and childbirth, filtered through the lens of the tenement, working-class married life, Bad Girl was an unexpected and immediate sensation.
Life As We Knew It is a young adult science fiction novel by American author Susan Beth Pfeffer, first published in 2006 by Harcourt Books. It is the first book in The Last Survivors series, followed by The Dead and the Gone. The book follows a teenage girl named Miranda and her family, who live in northeastern Pennsylvania and struggle to ...