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Best Sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of November 24, 1957

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BARUCH: MY OWN STORY
Bernard M. Baruch

BARUCH: MY OWN STORY

by Bernard M. Baruch · Henry Holt and Company

19 wks at #1 · 12 on list

Baruch's autobiography relates the best and worst of his stock market experiences, gives a vivid glimpse of the days of the likes of J.P. Morgan and the Guggenheims and tells the details of his investment philosophy.

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THE AGE OF REVOLUTION
Winston S. Churchill
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THE AGE OF REVOLUTION

by Winston S. Churchill · Dodd, Mead and Company

5 wks on list

A four-volume history of the British Empire from the Roman invasions to the death of Queen Victoria and its influence upon the other English speaking peoples of the world.

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THE REFORMATION
Will Durant

THE REFORMATION

by Will Durant · Simon & Schuster

7 wks on list

Examines the social revolution that accompanied the religious revolution at different phases of the Reformation.

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SAN FRANCISCO BAY
Harold Gilliam
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SAN FRANCISCO BAY

by Harold Gilliam · Doubleday

3 wks on list

The history, life, and lore of California's vital inland sea, intimately detailed by a feature writer of "the San Francisco chronicle."

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THE DOG WHO WOULDN'T BE
Farley Mowat
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THE DOG WHO WOULDN'T BE

by Farley Mowat · Little, Brown and Company

11 wks on list

Farely Mowat's best loved book tells the splendidly entertaining story of his boyhood on the Canadian prairies. Mutt's pedigree was uncertain, but his madness was indisputable. He climbed tress and ladders, rode passenger in an open car wearing goggles and displaying hunting skills that bordered on sheer genius. He was a marvelous dog, worthy of an unusual boy growing up a raw, untamed wilderness. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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