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Week of April 6, 1947

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PEACE OF MIND

Joshua Loth Liebman

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PEACE OF MIND

by Joshua Loth Liebman · Simon & Schuster

58 wks at #1 · 52 on list

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INFORMATION PLEASE ALMANAC 1947

John Kieran

INFORMATION PLEASE ALMANAC 1947

by John Kieran · Doubleday

9 wks on list

9

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THE EGG AND I

Betty MacDonald

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THE EGG AND I

by Betty MacDonald · Lippincott

76 wks on list

76

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THE LINCOLN READER

Paul M. Angle

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THE LINCOLN READER

by Paul M. Angle · Rutgers University Press

5 wks on list

5

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AN ESSAY ON MORALS

Philip Wylie

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AN ESSAY ON MORALS

by Philip Wylie · Rinehart & Company

4 wks on list

4

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THE ROOSEVELT I KNEW

Frances Perkins

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THE ROOSEVELT I KNEW

by Frances Perkins · Viking Press

20 wks on list

20

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HUMAN DESTINY

Pierre Lecomte du Nouy

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HUMAN DESTINY

by Pierre Lecomte du Nouy · Longmans, Green

3 wks on list

3

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OUR FAIR CITY

Robert Allen

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OUR FAIR CITY

by Robert Allen · Vanguard Press

3 wks on list

3

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TOGETHER

Katherine Tupper Marshall

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TOGETHER

by Katherine Tupper Marshall · People's Book Club

7 wks on list

7

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THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 1947

E. Eastman Irvine

THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 1947

by E. Eastman Irvine · New York World-Telegram

4 wks on list

4

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DEFEAT IN VICTORY

Jan Ciechanowski

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DEFEAT IN VICTORY

by Jan Ciechanowski · Gollancz

6 wks on list

6

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THE STRANGE ALLIANCE

John R. Deane

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THE STRANGE ALLIANCE

by John R. Deane · Viking Press

9 wks on list

9

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OPERATIONS IN NORTH AFRICAN WATERS

Samuel Eliot Morison

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OPERATIONS IN NORTH AFRICAN WATERS

by Samuel Eliot Morison · Little, Brown

3 wks on list

History of the United States Naval Operations in World War II.

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THIS IS MY STORY

Louis Francis Budenz

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THIS IS MY STORY

by Louis Francis Budenz · McGraw-Hill

1 wks on list

1

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THE PLOTTERS

John Roy Carlson

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THE PLOTTERS

by John Roy Carlson · Dutton

18 wks on list

18

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PEARL HARBOR

George Edward Morgenstern

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PEARL HARBOR

by George Edward Morgenstern · Delvin-Adair

8 wks on list

8

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