George Platt Brett, Sr.

] [cite book |title=The Cambridge Companion to American Realism and Naturalism: From Howells to London |first= Donald |last= Pizer |pages= 250-251 |publisher=Cambridge University Press] [cite book |title= Macmillan A Publishing Tradition |first= Elizabeth |last= James |pages= 201 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year= 2002 |isbn= 0-333-73517-X]

George Doran called Brett an "Emperor among publishers." [cite book
title= Chronicles of Barabbas, 1884-1934 |first= George |last= Doran |page= 187 |publisher=Harcourt Brace and Company |year= 1935]

Brett is credited with the identification and success of Jack London. [imdb title|0036051|Jack London (1943)] In a letter to Jack London, dated 27 Dec 1901, "Brett said he believe Jack's fiction represented 'the very best kind of work ' done in America and he wanted to publish all his future writings." [cite book |title=Jack London: A Life |first=Alex |last=Kershaw |page= 109 |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin | year=1999 | isbn= 031219904X]

Brett also was influential in the success of Winston Churchill (novelist). Churchill once observed Brett "has an undoubted genius for publishing, but he possesses likewise the higher genius of friendship." [cite book |title=Jack London: A Life |firstAlex |last=Kershaw |page= 110 |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin | year=1999 | isbn= 031219904X]

Legacy in America

Led by Brett, the Macmillan Co. became prominent in American publishing by the 1930s as "the first American publisher to open branch offices across the country.... Between 1895 and 1909 such semi-independent branches were established in Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Dallas, and San Francisco.”

The Bretts remained in control of the American offices of Macmillan from its creation in 1869 to the early 1960s, “a span matched by few other families in the history of United States business.”

Personal life

Brett lived in New York at 267 West End Avenue, New York, New York. [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F04E2DA1730E233A25752C0A9679C946196D6CF]

Bibliography

The World Today May 1905 (Volume VIII No 5)

ee also

*George Edward Brett
*George Platt Brett
*Richard M. Brett
*Macmillan Publishing

References

=Bibliography=
*"Treasury tax-free bonds" by George Platt Brett (Unknown Binding - 1928)

*"Book publishing and its present tendencies" by George Platt Brett (Unknown Binding - 1914)

*"A plea for the abolition of the duty on books: To which is added some remarks on the present rulings of the customs officials in the administration of... in part from 'The New York Evening post' " by George Platt Brett (Unknown Binding - 1903)

*"Why imported books cost so much,: How the Treasury defeats the intent of Congress" by George Platt Brett (Unknown Binding - 1927)

* "The World Today" May 1905 (Volume VIII No 5) by Shailer Mathews, Count Cassini, Victoria Von Kreuter, and George P. Brett (Paperback - 1905)

Additional resources

*"Chronicles of Barabbas" 1884-1934 By George H. Doran
*"The House of Macmillan" (1843-1943) by Charles Morgan
*"the rise of the conglomerates in American publishing" by Donald Lamm
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9503E2DF1431E733A2575BC1A9679C94669ED7CF "New York Times" article about George Brett's opposition to an increase in taxes on imported books]
*cite book
title=The American Magazine
author=
year=1911
publisher=Crowell-Collier Pub. co.
isbn=
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=I-EvAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA601&lpg=PA601&dq=george+p+brett&source=web&ots=ihCL7c1ypO&sig=lVfHzg506rk47Mr8uWItqMhoSjY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result#PPA602,M1
*"Winston Churchill: The Novelist as Reformer", "The New England Quarterly", Vol. 47, No. 4 (Dec., 1974), pp. 495-517 (article consists of 23 pages)
* [http://www.allbusiness.com/north-america/canada/988788-1.html article about George Brett and Macmillan Canada]
*"Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of American Children's Literature" by Leonard Marcus (Hardcover - May 7, 2008)
*"Boys' & Girls' Book Series Real World Adventures: Identification & Values" by Diane McClure Jones and Rosemary Jones (Paperback - Oct 2001)
*"The Spinster and the Prophet: H.G. Wells, Florence Deeks, and the Case of the Plagiarized Text" by A.B. McKillop (Hardcover - Sep 5, 2002
*"The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization" by James Bamford (Paperback - Sep 29, 1983)
*"The History of Beginning Reading: From Teaching by Sound to Teaching by Meaning", Vol. 2 by Geraldine E. Rodgers
*"Masters of Achievement: The World's Greatest Leaders in Literature, Art, Religion, Philosophy, Science, Politics and Industry Part Two" by Frontier Press Company (Paperback - Aug 19, 2004)
*"The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad": Volume 5, 1912-1916 (The Cambridge Edition of the Letters of Joseph Conrad) by Joseph Conrad, Frederick Karl, and Laurence Davies (Hardcover - Jan 26, 1996)

External links

*imdb title|0036051|Jack London (1943)