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Best Sellers

Genre: Television

Year Published: 1961

Creator: WTTW Chicago John Dodds Donley F. Fedderson Ted Nielsen Martin Rubenstein

Format: 16mm

Description: Presents an overview of best sellers of the 20th century and analyzes the continuities and contrasts in the literary tastes of the American public. Notes the persistency of "how-to" books, from those describing short-cuts to financial success to those on religious topics. Examines the concept of reading for escape and the ways in which it has changed over the years.

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