Madison, Charles A.

Charles A. Madison (1895-1985) was the son of a factory worker in Detroit, Michigan. He worked his way through the University of Michigan, and then did graduate studies at Harvard University. His interests shifted from academic work to editorial work in New York. While in New York he started out at the American Book Company, and later on went to Henry Holt where he remained for thirty-eight years. Critics and Crusaders was a work six years in the making, from 1941 to 1947. His other works include Irving to Irving: Author-Publisher Relations, Eminent American Jews, and Publishing in America: T