American Publishing Company

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book publisher publishing company

American Publishing Company was a 19th-century U.S. publishing house best known for issuing major works by authors such as Mark Twain, including classic American literature.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book publisher ⓘ publishing company ⓘ
basedIn	Hartford, Connecticut, United States ⓘ surface form: Hartford, Connecticut
businessModel	subscription publishing ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
distributionArea	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
foundedBy	Elisha Bliss Jr. ⓘ
genrePublished	American literature ⓘ fiction ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ
hasNotableRole	contributed to the spread of American literature in the 19th century ⓘ helped popularize Mark Twain’s writings ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Hartford, Connecticut, United States ⓘ surface form: Hartford, Connecticut
industry	publishing ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locationCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
notableAuthorPublished	Mark Twain ⓘ
notableFor	publishing classic American literature ⓘ publishing works by Mark Twain ⓘ
operatingPeriod	19th century ⓘ
product	books ⓘ
publisherOf	A Tramp Abroad ⓘ Following the Equator ⓘ Roughing It ⓘ novel "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" ⓘ surface form: The Gilded Age The Innocents Abroad ⓘ various 19th-century American literary works ⓘ
timePeriod	Gilded Age ⓘ Reconstruction era ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A Tramp Abroad → publisher → American Publishing Company ⓘ

Roughing It → publisher → American Publishing Company ⓘ

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer → publisher → American Publishing Company ⓘ

The Innocents Abroad → publisher → American Publishing Company ⓘ

Charles L. Webster and Company → successor → American Publishing Company ⓘ