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Clifton Fadiman (1904–1999)

Author of The New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classical Guide to World Literature, Revised and Expanded

Includes the names: Clifton Fadiman, Clifton Fadiman, Clifton Fadiman, C. (ed.) Fadiman, Cliffton Fadiman, ed Clifton Fadiman, Clifton Fadiman ed., edtor Clifton Fadiman, Editor Clifton Fadman, Clifton; Et Al Fadiman ... (see complete list), Clifton Fadiman Editor, Clifton. Editor Fadiman, Clifton-edited by Fadiman, selected by Clifton Fadiman, Clifton Senior Editor Fadiman

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Works by Clifton Fadiman
The New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classical Guide to World Literature,… 1,122 copies, 18 reviews
The Lifetime Reading Plan 577 copies, 4 reviews
The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes (Editor) 458 copies, 3 reviews
The World of the Short Story: A 20th Century Collection (Editor) 449 copies, 4 reviews
World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time (Editor) 433 copies, 1 review
The Treasury of the Encyclopaedia Britannica 317 copies, 1 review
Fantasia Mathematica 283 copies, 4 reviews
The World Treasury of Children's Literature: Books 1 & 2 272 copies
The World Treasury of Children's Literature: Book 1 205 copies
The World Treasury of Children's Literature: Book 3 (Editor) 168 copies
Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes 168 copies, 1 review
The Mathematical Magpie 143 copies, 1 review
Reading I've Liked 120 copies, 1 review
The World Treasury of Children's Literature: Book 2 113 copies, 1 review
The World Treasury of Children's Literature: Books 1 - 3 106 copies
Living Philosophies 72 copies
Wally the Wordworm 58 copies, 1 review
Fifty Years: Being a Retrospective Collection of Novels, Novellas, Tales,… (Editor) 47 copies
Party of One: The Selected Writings of Clifton Fadiman 43 copies, 1 review
The Joys of Wine 41 copies
Any number can play 29 copies, 2 reviews
The Faber Book of Anecdotes 24 copies
The American Treasury 1455-1955 24 copies
Britannica Discovery Library: The People and Places Book 23 copies
Enter Conversing 18 copies, 1 review
The voyages of Ulysses (Legacy books) 17 copies
The Adventures of Hercules 13 copies
The Story of Young King Arthur (Legacy books) 12 copies, 1 review
I believe; the personal philosophies of certain eminent men and women of… 11 copies
Wine Buyers Guide 10 copies
Dionysus; a case of vintage tales about wine 8 copies, 1 review
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1, September 1974 7 copies
Clifton Fadiman's Fireside Reader 7 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 2, October 1974 6 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 9, May 1974 6 copies
Cricket Magazine, pilot issue, January 1973 6 copies
Ecocide--and thoughts toward survival 6 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, November 1973 6 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, January 1974 6 copies
The Puffin Children's Treasury: v. 1 6 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 6, February 1975 (Editor) 5 copies
The Three Readers (Editor, some editions) 5 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 7, March 1978 (Editor) 5 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 6, February 1974 5 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 3, November 1976 (Editor) 5 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 9, May 1978 (Editor) 5 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 8, April 1978 (Editor) 5 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, October 1973 5 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, September 1973 (Editor) 5 copies, 1 review
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 9, May 1975 (Editor) 4 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 2, October 1975 (Editor) 4 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 7, March 1977 (Editor) 4 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 8, April 1974 4 copies
Profiles from the New Yorker 4 copies
Empty Pages 4 copies
Party of twenty; informal essays from Holiday magazine 4 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 4, December 1976 (Editor) 4 copies
The Puffin Children's Treasury: v. 2 4 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, April 1975 4 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 2, October 1977 (Editor) 4 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, December 1973 4 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 10, June 1976 (Editor) 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 8, April 1976 (Editor) 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 7, March 1976 (Editor) 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 1, September 1975 (Editor) 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 2, October 1976 (Editor) 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 9, May 1976 (Editor) 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 10, June 1975 (Editor) 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 3, November 1977 (Editor) 3 copies
A Toast to Wines and Spirits 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 4, December 1974 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 1, September 1977 (Editor) 3 copies
Appreciations 3 copies
The Writers Guild of America presents The Prize Plays of Television and… 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 5, January 1978 (Editor) 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 5, January 1976 (Editor) 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 3, November 1975 (Editor) 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 5, January 1977 (Editor) 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 11, July 1976 (Editor) 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 1, September 1978 2 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 4, December 1977 (Editor) 2 copies
The Selected Writings of Clifton Fadiman 2 copies, 1 review
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 10, June 1978 2 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, October 1978 2 copies
In memoriam, Christopher Morley 2 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 7, March 1975 (Editor) 2 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 6, February 1976 (Editor) 2 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 12, August 1977 (Editor) 2 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, January 1979 2 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 9, May 1977 (Editor) 2 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 7, March 1974 2 copies
In praise of E. B. White, Realist (reprinted from The New York Times Book… 2 copies
TO THE CURIOUS, INTELLIGENT READER 2 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 6, February 1977 (Editor) 2 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 1, September 1976 (Editor) 2 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 12, August 1975 (Editor) 2 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 11, July 1975 2 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 5, January 1975 2 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 4, December 1975 (Editor) 2 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 7, March 1979 2 copies
The Last Christmas 1 copy
1938-11-01 - Episode 25 - Oswald Jacoby 1 copy
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 6, February 1978 (Editor) 1 copy
The World's Treasury of Children's Literature - Book I 1 copy
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 11, July 1978 1 copy
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 12, August 1978 1 copy
Fireside reader; an assortment of stories, nonfiction, and verses chosen… 1 copy, 1 review
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, November 1978 (Editor) 1 copy
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, December 1978 1 copy
Gateway to the Great Books. Volumes 1, 4, 7 1 copy
The Well-Stocked Bookcase (PB) 1 copy
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, February 1979 1 copy
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 10, December 1979 1 copy
I Believe; the Personal Philosophies of Certain Eminent Men and Women of… 1 copy
1943-11-01 - Episode 278 - Bette Smith 1 copy
Tales from Shakespeare: Macmillan Classics No.7 1 copy
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 11, July 1977 (Editor) 1 copy
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 10, June 1977 (Editor) 1 copy
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 8, April 1977 (Editor) 1 copy
Jungle Books, The (The Macmillan Classics) 1 copy
1941-02-07 - Episode 144 - Jan Struther - Sir Wilmot Lewis 1 copy
Typed letter signed to Ken McCormick 1 copy
Doctor Faustus a profound novel by Thomas Mann 1 copy
Mann on Goethe [The Beloved Returns/Lotte in Weimar] 1 copy
VOICE OF THE CITY AND OTHER STORIES A SELECTION, WITH INTRODUCTION, BY… (Introduction) 1 copy
"Books are weapons in the war of ideas." 1 copy
Five American Adventures, Complete with Teacher's Guide, the Great… 1 copy
What Am I Doing Here? 1 copy
Anecdotes - Faber Book Of (Editor) 1 copy
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 9, May 1979 1 copy
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 12, August 1976 1 copy
Fantasia Mathematic Being a Set of Stories, Together with a Group of… 1 copy
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Moby Dick (Introduction, some editions) 34,084 copies, 520 reviews
Don Quixote (Associate Editor, some editions) 29,506 copies, 428 reviews
War and Peace (Introduction, some editions) 27,691 copies, 427 reviews
20,000 Leagues under the Sea (Afterword, some editions) 17,415 copies, 238 reviews
Ethan Frome (Introduction, some editions) 9,262 copies, 209 reviews
The Red and the Black (Introduction, some editions) 9,239 copies, 130 reviews
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (Afterword, some editions) 3,901 copies, 46 reviews
The Birth of Tragedy (Translator, some editions) 2,375 copies, 23 reviews
The Art of Eating (Introduction, some editions) 1,826 copies, 21 reviews
Six by Seuss: A Treasury of Dr. Seuss Classics (Introduction, some editions) 1,709 copies, 13 reviews
The World Treasury of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics (Foreword) 993 copies, 9 reviews
The World Treasury of Science Fiction (Foreword) 865 copies, 2 reviews
The World Treasury of Modern Religious Thought (Editor) 700 copies, 1 review
Dodsworth (Foreword, some editions) 591 copies, 13 reviews
English Fairy Tales (Retold by Flora Annie Steel) (Afterword, some editions) 563 copies, 9 reviews
As I Lay Dying [Norton Critical Edition] (Contributor) 534 copies, 6 reviews
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (Contributor) 447 copies, 3 reviews
East of the Sun and West of the Moon (Introduction, some editions) 427 copies, 5 reviews
The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce (Introduction, some editions) 369 copies, 4 reviews
Britannica Great Books: Descartes and Spinoza (Associate Editor, some editions) 305 copies
The Philosophy of Nietzsche: Thus Spake Zarathustra; Beyond Good and Evil;… (Translator, some editions) 273 copies, 1 review
The 40s: The Story of a Decade (Contributor) 261 copies, 4 reviews
The Short Stories of Henry James (Editor, some editions) 102 copies, 4 reviews
Across the Sea of Stars: An Omnibus Containing the Complete Novels of… (Introduction, some editions) 95 copies, 2 reviews
Good Books (Foreword, some editions) 76 copies, 1 review
The Reader's Digest Treasury of American Humor (Foreword) 61 copies
Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's… (Contributor) 53 copies
The World Treasury of Love Stories (Foreword) 39 copies
How to Use the Power of the Printed Word (Preface) 29 copies
The Short Stories of Henry James 8 copies
Ten Years of Holiday: Selected by the Editors of Holiday Magazine (Contributor) 8 copies
Famous last words (Foreword) 6 copies
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Canonical name
Fadiman, Clifton
Legal name
Fadiman, Clifton Paul
Other names
Fadiman, Kip
Date of birth
1904-05-15
Date of death
1999-06-20
Burial location
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Country (for map)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Place of death
Sanibel Island, Florida, USA
Cause of death
Places of residence
Captiva, Florida, USA
Education
Columbia University (BA | 1925)
Occupations
author
broadcaster
writer
editor
radio host
Relationships
Fadiman, Anne (daughter)
Jacoby, Annalee (wife)
Agents
Organizations
Simon & Schuster
The New Yorker
Book of the Month Club
NBC (Information Please)
CBS (This Is Show Business)
Awards and honors
National Book Award, Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (1993)
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