Alfred Harcourt

While at the normal school Harcourt became a member of the Delphic Fraternity.

[3] An illness at age 9 led to his love for books and reading.

Alfred Harcourt represented some of the most recognized writers of the time such as Robert Frost[6] Sinclair Lewis,[7] Carl Sandburg, George Orwell, Virginia Woolf,[8] T.S.

[10] Harcourt retired from his business due to poor health in 1942 and died in 1954 in Santa Barbara, California.

[4] He remained director of Harcourt Brace until his death.