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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of May 29, 1939

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WICKFORD POINT
John P. Marquand
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WICKFORD POINT

by John P. Marquand · Little, Brown

10 wks on list

This work presents a touching evocation of an unorthodox New England aristocratic family, extremely proud of their social status. The protagonist Jim Calder is a magazine fiction writer who went to Harvard, served in World War I, and now spends much of his time between his other trips at Wickford Point, with its poor buildings and weary river setting.

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THE TREE OF LIBERTY
Elizabeth Page
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THE TREE OF LIBERTY

by Elizabeth Page · Farrar & Rinehart

12 wks on list

Adventures of the members of a family from 1754 to 1806, as they move from the Eastern seaboard to the Western frontier and take part in great national events.

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THE YEARLING
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
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THE YEARLING

by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings · Scribner

A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet.

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.