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North Star Monthly details life of Houghton Mifflin co-founder Henry Oscar Houghton

North Star Monthly details life of Houghton Mifflin co-founder Henry Oscar Houghton
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The North Star Monthly has published a feature on Henry Oscar Houghton, a Sutton-born publisher who co-founded Houghton Mifflin. The article, titled 'The Vermont farm boy who became a publishing titan,' details his journey from a 10-year-old boy who walked into a Vermont inn with his family in 1833 to becoming a major figure in American publishing. A formal portrait of Houghton, credited to the public domain, accompanies the story.

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