George H. Doran Company
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George H. Doran Company was an American book publishing company established in New York City in 1908 by George Henry Doran with James William "Billy" Corrigan as its General Manager.
The firm prospered, becoming one of the major publishing houses in the United States. The firm published in many genres, from major literary works to "working-class" novels, how to play golf books, religious books, romances, children and juvenile adventure fiction, and poetry. They were the American publishers for a large number of British authors and as part of the World War I war effort, the company was the major source for Allied literature, publishing such things as the British Government's "British War Aims, Statement by the Right Honourable David Lloyd George" as well as Lloyd George's book, "The Great Crusade." Doran published a number of other books on the War including two by James W. Gerard, the American Ambassador to Germany.
Among the notable authors published by the George H. Doran Company were Joyce Kilmer, P. G. Wodehouse, Arnold Bennett, Arnold J. Toynbee, Theodore Roosevelt, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edwin Lefèvre, Virginia Woolf, Frank Harris.
George H. Doran Company merged with Doubleday, Page & Company in 1927, making "Doubleday, Doran" the largest publishing business in the English-speaking world. The Doran name disappeared in 1946 when the company became known simply as "Doubleday & Company."
In 1935, George Doran authored "Chronicles of Barabbas 1884-1934," that told about the publishing business and its personalities. It was republished in 1952 with Further chronicles and Comment added to the title.
