The Caine Mutiny was published on March 19, 1951. After a somewhat sluggish start it found its way to the bestseller list of the New York Times and to the surprise of almost everyone, including a publisher who had rejected the manuscript, it remained there for one hundred twentythree weeks. Domestic sales in various editions are well over the three million mark. It has been translated into sixteen foreign languages; it has been syndicated in forty-one American newspapers; it has been distributed by no less than four book clubs; and its author has been awarded a Pulitzer...
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