Frederick A. Praeger | |
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| Born | Frederick Amos Praeger 16 September 1915 |
| Died | 28 May 1994 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Publisher |
| Known for | Founder of Frederick A. Praeger, Inc. |
| Awards | Carey-Thomas Award (Publishers Weekly) |
Frederick Amos Praeger (16 September 1915 – 28 May 1994) was an Austrian-born American publisher.[1][2] In 1950 he founded Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., a "major Manhattan publishing house"[3] whose books would include "art books and books about the Cold War, international affairs, and the military".[4] The firm later became an imprint of ABC-Clio, which became an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing in 2021.[5][6]
- ^ "Praeger Publishers, Inc." (entry), in: George Thomas Kurian, The Directory of American Book Publishing: From Founding Fathers to Today's Conglomerates, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1975, pp. 199-200.
- ^ Werner Röder and Herbert A. Strauss, eds., "Praeger, Frederick Amos" (entry), in: Biographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Emigration nach 1933–1945, Munich: K. G. Saur, 1999.
- ^ Richard D. Lyons (5 June 1994). "Frederick A. Praeger Dies at 78; Published Books on Communism". Obituaries. The New York Times. p. 48. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ Praeger Publishers, The Oxford Companion to the Book, Oxford University Press, 2010 (online edition), 9780198606536. Retrieved 5 June 2023.[dead link]
- ^ Hendrik Edelman, Frederick A. Praeger: Apostle of Anti-Communism Who Built Two Publishing Houses, in: Richard Abel and Gordon Graham, Immigrant Publishers, Routledge, 2009, taylorfrancis.com. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Praeger, Frederick Amos", encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 5 June 2023.