Thursday, September 04, 2008

The Henry Ford of Literature


Who would that be? Emanuel Haldeman-Julius. The Believer takes a look at the man and his work.

From the introduction to the story, written by Rolf Potts...

HOW ONE NEARLY FORGOTTEN 1920S PUBLISHER’S “LITTLE BLUE BOOKS” CREATED AN INEXPENSIVE MAIL-ORDER INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY THAT PAVED THE WAY FOR THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION, INFLUENCED THE FEMINIST AND CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS, AND FORESHADOWED THE AGE OF INFORMATION

DISCUSSED: Huckster Visionaries, Victims of the New Era of Mass Culture, eBay Hobbyists, The “Red Scare,” Teenage Oscar Wilde Epiphanies, Companionate Marriages, Painfully Gloomy Cowritten Prairie Novels

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