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John Punchard Jewett (1814-1884) was a Boston publisher, best known for first publishing ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' in book form in 1852.〔(29 November 1947). (Kin of Publisher Faces Eviction at 74 ), ''The New York Times''〕 Jewett started a business in Boston publishing textbooks and religious textbooks in 1846. He also began to publish anti-slavery pieces.〔Parfait, Claire. (The Publishing History of Uncle Tom's Cabin 1852-2002 ), p. 35-37 (2007)〕 By 1851 he had also moved into fiction, publishing ''The Sunny Side'' by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (the mother of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward). In late 1851, along with his half-brother and partners Proctor and Worthington, he formed a second publishing business in Cleveland.〔 Upon the urgings of his wife that it would sell well, he acquired the rights to ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' in 1852. It sold over 300,000 copies that same year.〔(19 March 1904). (No Royalties on "Uncle Tom's Cabin" ), ''The New York Times''〕〔Geary, Susan, ''Harriet Beecher Stowe, John P. Jewett, and Author-Publisher Relations in 1853'', in ''Studies in the American Renaissance'' (1977), pp. 345-67〕〔(23 January 1884). (Mrs. Stowe's Check ), ''The Vermont Watchman''〕 In 1854, Jewett published another bestseller, ''The Lamplighter'' by Maria Susanna Cummins. The continuing demand for these two books required Jewett to borrow capital, which led him to have to declare bankruptcy due to the Panic of 1857.〔Williams, Susan S. (Reclaiming Authorship: Literary Women in America, 1850-1900 ), Ch. 3 (2006)〕 By mid-1860 he was out of the publishing field for good.〔 Jewett was a brother of librarian Charles Coffin Jewett.〔Ostrowski, Carl. (Books, Maps, and Politics: A Cultural History of the Library of Congress, 1783-1861 ), p. 165 (2004)〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John P. Jewett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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