CONTINENT'S ENDedifed by Joseph Henry JacksonWhittlesey House($3.50).
On the Pacific Coast, the word of Joseph Henry Jackson* is literary law. Eastern publishers quote his reviews, publish almost any manuscript he recommends. This year his influence has swept over the Sierras with even more spectacular results than usual. Two current bestsellers are books that he plugged before publication. Joseph Pennell's turgid History of Rome Hanks (to date: 93,000 copies), and Kathleen Winsor's Forever Amber† (400,000 copies).
Maker & Breaker. Critic Jackson, San Francisco Chronicle book reviewer, has been a West Coast literary authority for...
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