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In 1817 four young brothers opened a printing shop in downtown Manhattan, and almost two centuries later, their small enterprise has grown into and remained one of America’s leading publishers. The Harper brothers and their sons and successors created a cultural institution that has over the years published many of the works prized as America’s literary heritage. Throughout Exman’s history of Harper, readers will encounter anecdotes and stories about authors including Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Herman Melville, Henry James, Mark Twain, and Aldous Huxley, as well as Edna St. Vincent Millay, Thomas Wolfe, and E. B. White. Here also is the story of Harper’s periodicals, illustrated by artists such as Winslow Homer and said to be capable of influencing wars and affecting presidential elections. House of Harper offers an inside view of the development of American letters, telling how such authors, their colorful and dynamic publishers and editors, and many others helped to shape America’s literature firsthand and to direct the currents of our culture.  

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Eugene Exman was editor-manager of Harper's religious book department. He was made a member of the firm's board of directors in 1944, a vice president in 1955, and retired in 1965 after thirty-five years with the company. Exman is also the author of The Brothers Harper and wrote the text for the photography book The World of Albert Schweitzer.

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