House of Harper

An updated edition of this definitive history of Harper--a fascinating look into the history of American letters from the unique perspective of one of the country's most distinguished and enduring publishers--now with a new introduction that brings the book up to the present day. From <em>Moby Dick</em> to <em>Huckleberry Finn</em>--but not <em>Alice in Wonderland</em> which was rejected--<em>The House of Harper</em> is a sweeping trip through American letters offering anecdotes and stories about authors from Charles Dickens Herman Melville and Mark Twain to Thomas Wolfe Aldous Huxley and Edna St. Vincent Millay.