American publishing company (1908?1927)
George H. Doran Company
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Status
| Defunct (1927)
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Founded
| February 22, 1908
(
February 22, 1908
)
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Founder
| George H. Doran
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Successor
| Doubleday, Doran & Company
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Country of origin
| United States
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Headquarters location
| New York City
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Publication types
| Books
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George H. Doran Company
(1908?1927) was an American
book publishing
company established by George Henry Doran. He organized the company in
Toronto
and moved it to New York City on February 22, 1908.
[1]
The firm prospered, becoming one of the major publishing houses in the United States. The firm published in many genres, from major literary works to "working-class" novels, how to play golf books, religious books, romances, children and juvenile adventure fiction, and poetry. It was the American publisher of many British authors and as part of the
World War I
war effort, the company was the major source for
Allied
literature, publishing such things as the British Government's
British War Aims, Statement by the Right Honourable
David Lloyd George
as well as Lloyd George's book,
The Great Crusade
. Doran published a number of other books on the war including two by
James W. Gerard
, the
American Ambassador
to Germany.
Among the notable authors published by the George H. Doran Company were
Joyce Kilmer
,
P. G. Wodehouse
,
Arnold Bennett
,
Arnold J. Toynbee
,
Theodore Roosevelt
,
Arthur Conan Doyle
,
O. Henry
,
Frank L. Packard
,
James J. Montague
,
Edwin Lefevre
,
Virginia Woolf
,
Frank Harris
,
H.G. Wells
,
W. Somerset Maugham
,
Sinclair Lewis
,
H.L. Mencken
,
John Dos Passos
and
Margery Williams
.
Book series published by the George H. Doran Company included the First Novel Library, Hutchinson’s Library of Standard Lives,
[2]
the Murray Hill Library and Pocket Books.
[3]
George H. Doran Company merged with
Doubleday, Page & Company
in 1927, making Doubleday, Doran the largest publishing business in the English-speaking world. The Doran name disappeared in 1946 when the company became known simply as Doubleday & Company.
George H. Doran in 1924
George H. Doran was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1869. He moved frequently from New York City to London, England during his publishing career, and was well acquainted with most of the writers he published.
In 1935, George Doran wrote
Chronicles of Barabbas 1884?1934
, that told about the publishing business and its personalities. It was republished in 1952 with
Further Chronicles and Comment
added to the title.
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