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The Promotion of a 50th Anniversary Edition of a Novel

The Philadelphian by Richard Powell was published in 1956 and became a much-discussed bestseller in 1957. The novel, which was published by Charles Scribner's Sons, received rave reviews. For instance, a reviewer for the San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "A first-class job of story telling...fine, readable, and revealing...This book may be the big novel of the season." A reviewer for the Minneapolis Tribune wrote, "Richard Powell has done for Philadelphia what John Marquand has done for Boston." According to a reviewer for the Cleveland Press, "While some old Philadelphia families are likely to squirm, they will be unable to keep Richard Powell's The Philadelphian off the bestseller list." A ...

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