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The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers Of 1945
This is a list of books that topped ''The New York Times'' best-seller list in 1945. Fiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books. Seven books topped the list that year, the longest on top being ''The Green Years'', which dominated the winter months (17 weeks). Other particularly popular titles included ''A Lion in the Streets'' (12 weeks on top), ''Captain from Castile'' (7 weeks) and ''The Black Rose'' (18 weeks including 4 in 1946). John Bear, ''The #1 New York Times Best Seller: intriguing facts about the 484 books that have been #1 New York Times bestsellers since the first list, 50 years ago'', Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1992. pp. 17-21 Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books. See also * ''Publishers Weekly'' list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1940s References {{NYT number-one books 1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times Best Seller List
''The New York Times'' Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. John Bear, ''The #1 New York Times Best Seller: intriguing facts about the 484 books that have been #1 New York Times bestsellers since the first list, 50 years ago'', Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1992. Since October 12, 1931, ''The New York Times Book Review'' has published the list weekly. In the 21st century, it has evolved into multiple lists, grouped by genre and format, including fiction and non-fiction, hardcover, paperback and electronic. The list is based on a proprietary method that uses sales figures, other data and internal guidelines that are unpublished—how the ''Times'' compiles the list is a trade secret. In 1983 (as part of a legal argument), the ''Times'' stated that the list is not mathematically objective but rather editorial content. In 2017, a ''Times'' representative said that the goal is that the lists reflect authentic best selle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bear (educator)
John Bjorn Bear is an American businessman in the distance education industry. He is also a writer of creative reference works. Early life and education Bear attended Reed College in Oregon (class of 1959), and holds bachelor's and master's degrees from University of California, Berkeley (1959 and 1960, respectively) and a doctorate from Michigan State University (1966). Career He is the author of ''Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning,'' whose 16th edition was published in 2006. He is also co-author of the first two editions (of five total) of the book now called ''Walston's Guide to Christian Distance Learning''. He has been engaged by the FBI in its investigations of diploma mills for some twenty years. In the past, Bear was involved with several unaccredited start-up distance learning institutions, including Columbia Pacific University, Fairfax University, and Greenwich University. He describes the nature of these affiliations in ''Bears' Guide to Earning De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Green Years
''The Green Years'' is a 1944 novel by A. J. Cronin which traces the formative years of an Irish orphan, Robert Shannon, who is sent to live with his draconian maternal grandparents in Scotland. An introspective child, Robert forms an attachment to his roguish great-grandfather, who draws the youngster out of his shell with his raucous ways. ''The Green Years'' dominated The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 1945 for 17 weeks. Significance of title The title, ''The Green Years'', has several connotations. On one hand, this is a story about a boy's coming of age. However, the central character, Robert Shannon, also has a fascination with the natural world. Additionally, he is a Catholic growing up with his Presbyterian relatives. In the novel, he is forced for a time to wear a ridiculous green suit made for him by his Grandma, and is mercilessly teased at school because of it.. Structure The novel consists of three sections: Book One portrays the protagonist's arrival in Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earth And High Heaven
''Earth and High Heaven'' was a 1944 novel by Gwethalyn Graham. It was the first Canadian novel to reach number one on ''The New York Times'' bestseller list"Gwethalyn Graham: Two fiction awards won by Montrealer". ''The Globe and Mail'', November 26, 1965. and stayed on the list for 37 weeks, selling 125 000 copies in the United States that year. Set in Montreal, Quebec during World War II, the novel portrays a romance between Erica Drake, a young woman from a wealthy Protestant family in Westmount, and Marc Reiser, a Jewish lawyer and soldier from Northern Ontario. The young lovers are forced to confront and overcome the anti-Semitism of their society in their quest to form a lasting relationship. Literary significance & criticism Originally published by Jonathan Cape and Thomas Nelson & Sons (Canada), the most recent edition of the novel was published by Toronto's Cormorant Books in 2004. Awards and nominations ''Earth and High Heaven'' won the 1944 Governor General's Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwethalyn Graham
Gwethalyn Graham (January 18, 1913 – November 25, 1965) was a Canadian writer and activist, whose 1944 novel ''Earth and High Heaven'' was the first Canadian book to reach number one on the New York Times Best Seller list."Gwethalyn Graham: Two fiction awards won by Montrealer". ''The Globe and Mail'', November 26, 1965. Graham won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction twice, for her first novel ''Swiss Sonata'' in 1938, and for ''Earth and High Heaven'' in 1944. Background She was born Gwethalyn Graham Erichsen-Brown, to wealthy Toronto parents. Her father was a lawyer. At 19, she was a student at Smith College in Massachusetts, but dropped out and eloped with John McNaught, the son of her father's business partner. They divorced after two years, and Graham moved to the city of Westmount on the island of Montreal, where she became a close friend and associate of Hugh MacLennan, F. R. Scott, Thérèse Casgrain and Pierre Trudeau. Graham subsequently ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain From Castile (novel)
''Captain from Castile'' is a historical adventure novel by author Samuel Shellabarger originally published in 1945. The novel relates the adventures of young Spanish nobleman Pedro de Vargas during the early years of the 16th century, focusing mainly on his mistreatment by the Spanish Inquisition, his adventures in Mexico while serving as a captain during Hernan Cortés' Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, conquest of the Aztecs, and his subsequent return to Spain. Plot ''Captain from Castile'' begins on the evening of June 28, 1518 when naïve 19-year-old Pedro de Vargas, the son of local war hero Don (honorific), Don Francisco de Vargas, confesses a long list of minor sins to the local priest in Jaen, Spain. The next day, while attending church with his family, Pedro becomes infatuated with the local Marquis' daughter, Luisa de Carvajal. As Pedro and his family leave church they are met by Diego de Silva, who enlists the help of Pedro in the search for his escaped Indian s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Shellabarger
Samuel Shellabarger (18 May 1888 – 21 March 1954) was an American educator and author of both scholarly works and best-selling historical novels. Born 18 May 1888 in Washington, D.C., Shellabarger was orphaned in infancy, upon the death of both his father Robert and his mother Elizabeth, in January 1889. Samuel resultantly was raised in the household of his paternal grandfather also named Samuel Shellabarger, a noted lawyer who had served in Congress during the American Civil War and as Minister to Portugal. The younger Samuel Shellabarger's travels with his grandfather would prove invaluable in the provision of background material for the former's historical novels. Shellabarger attended private schools and in 1909 graduated from Princeton University, where he would later teach. After studying for a year at Munich University in Germany, he resumed his studies at Harvard University and Yale University. Despite taking a year off to serve in World War I, he received his doctora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adria Locke Langley
Adria Locke Langley (1899 – August 14, 1983) was an American writer best known for her first novel, published in 1945, the best seller ''A Lion Is in the Streets'' based on the life of Huey Long. It was made into a film of the same name in 1953. She also was a fervent supporter of the repeal of Prohibition.Coakley, Eleanor (12 June 1945)1929 Crash Proved Challenge To Writer of Popular Novel ''Toledo Blade''(18 August 1983)ADRIA L. LANGLEY, AUTHOR OF A LION IS IN THE STREETS ''Miami Herald''(18 August 1983)Activist Adria Langley Dead ''Record-Journal'' Biography Locke was born in Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ..., 1899, as the youngest of three children. When she was young her family moved to Stanton, Nebraska and that is where she grew up. Her father Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hilton (novelist)
James Hilton (9 September 1900 – 20 December 1954) was an English novelist and screenwriter. He is best remembered for his novels ''Lost Horizon'', ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' and ''Random Harvest'', as well as co-writing screenplays for the films '' Camille'' (1936) and ''Mrs. Miniver'' (1942), the latter earning him an Academy Award. Early life Hilton was born in Leigh, Lancashire, the son of John Hilton, the headmaster of Chapel End School in Walthamstow. He was educated at the Monoux School Walthamstow till 1914, then The Leys School, Cambridge, and then at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he wrote his first novel and was awarded an honours degree in English literature. He started work as a journalist, first for the '' Manchester Guardian'', then reviewing fiction for ''The Daily Telegraph''. Career Hilton's first novel, ''Catherine Herself,'' was published in 1920 when he was still an undergraduate. The next 11 years were difficult for him, and it was not until 1931 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Rose (novel)
''The Black Rose'' is a 1945 historical novel by Thomas B. Costain. It is a fictional story set in the 13th century about a young Saxon who journeys to the far-away land of Cathay in search of fortune. Included in this narrative are several notable figures: Roger Bacon, Bayan Hundred Eyes, Edward I of England and his consort Eleanor of Castile. Costain also includes a passage depicting the building of a ''galere da mercato'' at the Venetian Arsenal in a single day. Five years after its publication, 20th Century-Fox adapted it into a film of the same name starring Orson Welles, Tyrone Power, and Cécile Aubry. Plot summary Book One In 1273 in England, Walter of Gurnie is a clerk (student) at medieval Oxford. The illegitimate son of the Norman nobleman Rauf of Bulaire, Earl of Lessford, he has been raised as a Saxon by his mother the Lady Hild and maternal grandfather Alfgar, a belted knight whose lands were confiscated after the Battle of Evesham and given to his bit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas B
Thomas Browne Henry (November 7, 1907 – June 30, 1980) was an American character actor known for many guest appearances on television and in films. He was active with the Pasadena Community Playhouse and was the older brother of actor William Henry. Selected filmography * ''Hollow Triumph'' (1948) - Rocky Stansyck (uncredited) * '' Behind Locked Doors'' (1948) - Dr. Clifford Porter * ''Sealed Verdict'' (1948) - Briefing JAG colonel * ''Joan of Arc'' (1948) - Captain Raoul de Gaucort * ''He Walked by Night'' (1948) - Dunning (uncredited) * ''Impact'' (1949) - Walter's Business Assistant (uncredited) * ''Tulsa'' (1949) - Mr. Winslow (uncredited) * ''Johnny Allegro'' (1949) - Frank (uncredited) * ''House of Strangers'' (1949) - Judge (uncredited) * '' Special Agent'' (1949) - Detective Benton (uncredited) * '' Flaming Fury'' (1949) - Robert J. McManus (uncredited) * '' Post Office Investigator'' (1949) - Lt. Contreras * '' Bagdad'' (1949) - Elder (uncredited) * '' Underto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Publishers Weekly List Of Bestselling Novels In The United States In The 1940s
This is a list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1940s, as determined by ''Publishers Weekly''. The list features the most popular novels of each year from 1940 through 1949. The standards set for inclusion in the lists – which, for example, lead to the exclusion of the novels in the '' Harry Potter'' series from the lists for the 1990s and 2000s – are currently unknown. 1940 # ''How Green Was My Valley'' by Richard Llewellyn # '' Kitty Foyle'' by Christopher Morley # ''Mrs. Miniver'' by Jan Struther # ''For Whom the Bell Tolls'' by Ernest Hemingway # '' The Nazarene'' by Sholem Asch # '' Stars on the Sea'' by F. Van Wyck Mason # '' Oliver Wiswell'' by Kenneth Roberts # ''The Grapes of Wrath'' by John Steinbeck # '' Night in Bombay'' by Louis Bromfield # '' The Family'' by Nina Fedorova 1941 # ''The Keys of the Kingdom'' by A. J. Cronin # ''Random Harvest'' by James Hilton # '' This Above All'' by Eric Knight # '' The Sun Is My Undoing'' by Marguer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |