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Canfield, Cass
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1897-1986
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Cass Canfield (publisher, editor, and author) was born in New York on April 26, 1897. Canfield was president of the publishing house Harper & Row (formerly Harper & Brothers) from 1931 to 1945, chairman of the board from 1945 to 1955, and chairman of the executive committee from 1955 to 1967. He was responsible for publishing books by several notable and prize-winning authors including James Thurber, Thornton Wilder, John F. Kennedy, and Adlai E. Stevenson. Canfield is the author of Up and Down and Around (1971) and The Iron Will of Jefferson Davis (1978), among other titles.
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http://viaf.org/viaf/20931128
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Created by Christopher Long, 15 May 2017
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"CASS CANFIELD, A TITAN OF PUBLISHING, IS DEAD AT 88." New York Times. March 28, 1986.