Part-memoir, part-history, here is an account of the collapsing standards of contemporary publishing that is irascible and often passionate. The Business of Books warns of the danger to adventurous, intelligent publishing in the bullring of today's marketplace.

Dedicated readers and fans of Theodor Seuss Geisel, or Dr. Seuss, know of Seuss s fascinating, long-forgotten career as a political cartoonist for the New York daily newspaper PM during World War II. Dr. Seuss, however, was only one of a number of distinguished cartoonists whose work appeared in PM. In Dr. Seuss & Co. Go to War, we discover an astonishing treasure trove of over three hundred incisive political cartoons by Seuss as well as a cohort of other legendary cartoonists of the time, including Saul Steinberg, Al Hirschfeld, Arthur Szyk, Carl Rose, and Mischa...