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Best Sellers · 1940s · 1942

December 1942

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Week of December 7, 1942

1942
THE PRODIGAL WOMEN
Nancy Hale
Cover of THE PRODIGAL WOMEN

Hardcover Fiction

THE PRODIGAL WOMEN

Nancy Hale

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Marion Hargrove
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Hardcover Nonfiction

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Marion Hargrove

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Week of December 14, 1942

1942
THE PRODIGAL WOMEN
Nancy Hale
Cover of THE PRODIGAL WOMEN

Hardcover Fiction

THE PRODIGAL WOMEN

Nancy Hale

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1942
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Marion Hargrove
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Hardcover Nonfiction

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Marion Hargrove

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Week of December 21, 1942

1942
THE ROBE
Lloyd C. Douglas
Cover of THE ROBE

Hardcover Fiction

THE ROBE

Lloyd C. Douglas

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1942
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Marion Hargrove
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Hardcover Nonfiction

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Marion Hargrove

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Week of December 28, 1942

1942
THE ROBE
Lloyd C. Douglas
Cover of THE ROBE

Hardcover Fiction

THE ROBE

Lloyd C. Douglas

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1942
OUR HEARTS WERE YOUNG AND GAY
Cornelia Otis Skinner and Emily Kimbrough

Hardcover Nonfiction

OUR HEARTS WERE YOUNG AND GAY

Cornelia Otis Skinner and Emily Kimbrough

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