Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Great Regulars: [John] Sargent [Sr.] edited award-winning

poetry by Theodore Roethke and published such best-sellers as King's "Carrie" (although the book was far more popular as a paperback released by the New American Library), Leon Uris' "QB VII," Peter Benchley's "Jaws" and Alex Haley's "Roots." He also presided over Doubleday's network of radio stations, book clubs and bookstores.

from Hillel Italie: Associated Press: Publisher John Sargent Sr. dies in NYC at age 87

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