Life and Letters of Alexander Macmillan

Life and Letters of Alexander Macmillan

Author: Charles L 1856-1944 Graves

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781019917152

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This is a fascinating biography about Alexander Macmillan, a prominent publisher in the 19th century. The author provides insights into Macmillan's personal and professional life through his letters and other documents. This book sheds light on the publishing industry during the 19th century and the challenges faced by Macmillan as a publisher. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of publishing. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary

Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary

Author: Martha Brockenbrough

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

Published: 2017-09-05

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1250123208

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Complex, passionate, brilliant, flawed—Alexander Hamilton comes alive in this exciting biography. He was born out of wedlock on a small island in the West Indies and orphaned as a teenager. From those inauspicious circumstances, he rose to a position of power and influence in colonial America. Discover this founding father's incredible true story: his brilliant scholarship and military career; his groundbreaking and enduring policy, which shapes American government today; his salacious and scandalous personal life; his heartrending end. Richly informed by Hamilton's own writing, with archival artwork and new illustrations, this is an in-depth biography of an extraordinary man.


A Life Discarded

A Life Discarded

Author: Alexander Masters

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2016-10-18

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0374178186

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"An unorthodox investigative literary biography of a mysterious graphomaniac whose nearly 150 diaries are rescued from a dumpster by the author"--


From a Small Seed - The Story of Eliza Hamilton

From a Small Seed - The Story of Eliza Hamilton

Author: Camille Andros

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

Published: 2019-10-22

Total Pages: 21

ISBN-13: 1250760828

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A lyrical picture book biography of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, co-founder and director of the first private orphanage in New York City and wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton. Ever since she was a young girl, Eliza Hamilton hoped to help people in need. From the private quarters of her family home to her national platform as Hamilton’s partner, Eliza was a lifelong advocate for fairness, freedom and faith. The remarkable acts of charity and public service she performed after Alexander’s death are considered a significant contribution to the Hamilton legacy the world celebrates today. Here is a thoughtful, historical account of her life beginning with her childhood influences. Much like the award-winning picture book biographies that celebrate trailblazing women like The House that Jane Built: A Story About Jane Addams and Hillary Rodham Clinton: Some Girls Are Born to Lead, Camille Andros and Tessa Blackham's From a Small Seed—The Story of Eliza Hamilton is an accessible portrait of an exemplary public figure whose principles have stood the test of time. Christy Ottaviano Books


Macmillan: A Publishing Tradition, 1843-1970

Macmillan: A Publishing Tradition, 1843-1970

Author: E. James

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2001-12-11

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 0230523455

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For over one hundred and fifty years, since its founding in 1843, Macmillan has been at the heart of British publishing. This collection of essays, representing recent research in the archives at the British library, examines the firms' astute business strategy during the nineteenth century, its successful expansion into overseas markets in America and India, its complex and intriguing relations with authors such as Matthew Arnold, Thomas Hardy, Alfred Lord Tennyson, W.B.Yeats, and J.M.Keynes, with additional chapters on Macmillan Magazine and the work of a modern children's editor.


Stuart: A Life Backwards

Stuart: A Life Backwards

Author: Alexander Masters

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Published: 2006-05-30

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 0440336120

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In this extraordinary book, Alexander Masters has created a moving portrait of a troubled man, an unlikely friendship, and a desperate world few ever see. A gripping who-done-it journey back in time, it begins with Masters meeting a drunken Stuart lying on a sidewalk in Cambridge, England, and leads through layers of hell…back through crimes and misdemeanors, prison and homelessness, suicide attempts, violence, drugs, juvenile halls and special schools–to expose the smiling, gregarious thirteen-year-old boy who was Stuart before his long, sprawling, dangerous fall. Shocking, inspiring, and hilarious by turns, Stuart: A Life Backwards is a writer’s quest to give voice to a man who, beneath his forbidding exterior, has a message for us all: that every life–even the most chaotic and disreputable–is a story worthy of being told.