Word: mcsserschmitt
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...began publishing shamefacedly, thinking they should find work in defense factories. They printed two books of poetry by modern Polish poets, in editions of 1,000 each, sold them to Polish-Americans, including Polish speaking steelworkers in Pittsburgh. The Roy Publishers' first book was The Mermaid and the Mcsserschmitt (TIME, Dec. 28, 1942). It sold a respectable 5,000 copies, with Mrs. Kister traveling through the Middle West to persuade bookstores to stock it. At 6 o'clock one winter morning Mrs. Kister was in Indianapolis when her husband called her from Manhattan. The Book-of-the-Month...