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J.F.K.: THE MAN AND THE MYTH
Victor Lasky
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This week was not officially published
The NYT published its Book Review supplement but omitted the bestseller list on this date — the week following the assassination of President Kennedy. This list was reconstructed from adjacent weeks by Hawes Publications.
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THE AMERICAN WAY OF DEATH
Jessica Mitford
THE AMERICAN WAY OF DEATH
by Jessica Mitford · Simon & Schuster
12 wks on list
... Here is a whole complex of commercial operations that result in funerals whose expense, display and mumbo jumbo are unrelated to any Christian or Jewish tradition and virtually unheard of in any other country today. And there is precise information on what is being done to lower the cost and raise the dignity of burial in the United States.
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THE WHITE HOUSE YEARS: MANDATE FOR CHANGE 1953-1956
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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RASCAL
Sterling North
RASCAL
by Sterling North · E.P. Dutton
14 wks on list
The author's carfree life in a small midwestern town at the close of World War I, and his adventures with his pet raccoon, Rascal.
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THE FIRE NEXT TIME
James Baldwin
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SECURITY IS A THUMB AND A BLANKET
Charles M. Schulz
SECURITY IS A THUMB AND A BLANKET
by Charles M. Schulz · Determined Productions
8 wks on list
Members of the "Peanuts gang" present definitions for security.
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CONFESSIONS OF AN ADVERTISING MAN
David Ogilvy
CONFESSIONS OF AN ADVERTISING MAN
by David Ogilvy · Atheneum
2 wks on list
Mr. Ogilvy reveals, among other professional secrets, how he gets clients, how to write potent copy, and how to rise to the top of the advertising field.
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THE EDUCATION OF AMERICAN TEACHERS
James Bryant Conant
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.