At Random the Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf
by Bennett Cerf
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
American's most famous publisher, Bennett Cerf, looks back on his private and public life.
Synopsis
Bennett Cerf was born in 1898 in Manhattan and graduated from Columbia University with a degree in journalism. In 1925 he acquired the Modern Library with Donald Klopfer, providing the foundation for their next publishing venture, Random House. A major figure of American publishing for more than four decades, Bennett Cerf died in 1971. Christopher Cerf is an author, editor, and Emmy- and Grammy-winning songwriter and television producer. A longtime contributor to Sesame Street , and cofounder and creative producer of the PBS literacy-education series Between the Lines , Christopher Cerf is a former contributing editor of National Lampoon and a former senior editor at Random House.
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- Bookseller
- J.H. Gordon Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00247
- Title
- At Random the Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf
- Author
- Bennett Cerf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- publishing industries, booktrade, memoir, biography,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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