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Upon Melville Minton's death, his son Walter J. Minton took control of the company. Publisher's imprint. In 1965, G. P. Putnam's Sons acquired Berkley Books, a mass market paperback publishing house. MCA bought Putnam Publishing Group and Berkley Publishing Group in 1975. [7]
In the acknowledgements before beginning his autobiography, Whalen gives credit to the late Melville Minton, President of G.P. Putnam's Sons, for encouraging him to write a book about New York. [7] During an interview with the New Yorker in November 1955, Whalen claims that Minton asked him to write a book about New York during the 1920s.
George Palmer Putnam was born in Rye, New York on September 7, 1887, the son of John Bishop Putnam and the grandson of his namesake, George Palmer Putnam, founder of the prominent publishing firm that became G. P. Putnam's Sons. He studied at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley.
The G. P. Putnam's Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award was established in 2019 to honor Sue Grafton and is presented to "the best novel in a series featuring a female protagonist." [1] It is presented annually as part of the Edgar Awards on behalf of the Mystery Writers of America.
Grosset & Dunlap is a New York City-based publishing house founded in 1898.. The company was purchased by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1982 [1] and today is part of Penguin Random House through its subsidiary Penguin Group.
Pages in category "G. P. Putnam's Sons books" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 311 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
George Herbert Putnam was born in New York City at 107 East Seventeenth Street, [4] the sixth son and tenth child of Victorine and George Palmer Putnam.The father, one-time collector of internal revenue in New York by appointment of Abraham Lincoln, was the founder of a well-known publishing house, [5] known previously as the Putnam Publishing house, but now known as G. P. Putnam's Sons.
[2] At the war's end, Major Putnam joined his father's publishing business, "G. Putnam Broadway." He was also appointed deputy collector of internal revenue. [3] On his father's death in 1872, George H. Putnam took over the business with his brothers John Bishop and Irving, renaming it G. P. Putnam's Sons. He was made president of the firm, a ...