{"product_id":"the-lousy-racket-trogdon-9780873389044","title":"The Lousy Racket: Hemingway, Scribners, and the Business of Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe business of making an American literary icon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lousy Racket\u003c\/em\u003e is a thorough examination of Ernest Hemingway's working relationship with his American publisher, Charles Scribner's Sons, and with his editors there: Maxwell Perkins, Wallace Meyer, and Charles Scribner III. This first critical study of Hemingway's professional collaboration with Scribners also details the editing, promotion, and sales of the books he published with the firm from 1926 to 1952 and provides a fascinating look into the American publishing industry in the early twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis painstakingly researched study reveals the working relationship between Hemingway and his editors, with special emphasis on the friendship that developed between Hemingway and the dean of American book editors, Maxwell Perkins. Drawing on many unpublished resources, including correspondence between Hemingway and his editors and others in the firm, as well as printing, advertising records, and sales dummies, \u003cbr\u003eRobert W. Trogdon shows how Hemingway's public reputation was shaped in large part by Scribners.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHemingway scholars will appreciate this contribution to Hemingway studies, and \u003cem\u003eThe Lousy Racket\u003c\/em\u003e is an important contribution to studies in the modernist era in American literature and to book history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Trogdon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0873389042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780873389044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kent State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.58w x 1.11d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/26\/2007 pg. 83","brand":"Trogdon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48799438471423,"sku":"9780873389044","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lousy-racket-trogdon-9780873389044","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}