Isaac Frederick Marcosson (September 13, 1876 - March 14, 1961) was an American magazine

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Biography

Marcosson was born in

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on September 13, 1876. He was educated in the schools of Louisville. In 1903, he became associate editor of ''The

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'', and in 1907, he became a member and financial editor of ''

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''. From 1910 to 1913, he was editor of ''

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''. He died on March 14, 1961, at the Doctors Hospital in

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Works

* ''The War After the War'', (1916) * ''The Rebirth of Russia'', (1917) * ''The Business of War'', (1917) * ''Adventures in Interviewing'', (1919) * ''An African Adventure'', (1921) * ''Turbulent Years'', (1938) * ''Charles Frohman, Manager and Man'', with Daniel Frohman, (1917) * ''Metal Magic: The Story of the American Smelting and Refining Company'', (1949) * ''The Black Golconda: The Romance of Petroleum'', (1924) * ''Caravans of Commerce'', (1926) * ''Leonard Wood: The Prophet of Preparedness'', (1917) * ''Peace and Business'', (1919) * ''S.O.S - America's Miracle in France'', (1919) * ''David Graham Phillips and His Times'', (1932) * ''The Autobiography of a Clown'', (1910) (Jules Turnour) * ''Wherever Men Trade: The Romance of the Cash Register'', (1945) (the story of the

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(NCR)) * ''Colonel Deeds - Industrial Builder'', (1947) (Edward Andrew Deeds) * ''Anaconda'' (New York: Dodd, Mead 1957)

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* * * American magazine editors Writers from Louisville, Kentucky 1876 births 1961 deaths {{Louisville-stub