Front matter
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THE BRASS CHECK A Study of American Journalism
BY
UPTON SINCLAIR
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PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.
First Edition Paper February, 1920 23,000 Copies
Second Edition Paper February, 1920 20,500 Copies
Third Edition Cloth April, 1920 16,500 Copies
Fourth Edition Paper June, 1920 15,000 Copies
Fifth Edition Paper July, 1920 12,000 Copies
Sixth Edition Cloth August, 1920 12,500 Copies
A LETTER FOR THE TIME
Villeneuve, Switzerland,
Monday, Oct 6, 1919.
My Dear Confrère:
I am happy to see you always so burning with energy, but your next book prepares for you some rude combats. It requires a bold courage to dare, when one is alone, to attack the monster, the new Minotaur, to which the entire world renders tribute: the Press.
I return to Paris in a few weeks. Reaction there holds the center of the walk. It speaks already as master, and perhaps it will be master before the end of the winter. The wave of counter-revolution, of counter-liberty, passes over the world. It will drown more than one among us, but it will retire, and our ideas will conquer.
Very cordially I press your hand.
Romain Rolland.
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