Originally founded as a subsidiary of Prentice-Hall, Hawthorn Books went out of business after its publishing assets were acquired by E. P. Dutton.
[2] Then on April 11, 1958, Hawthorn Books presented to Pope Pius XII the first copy of the St. Peter's edition of a Catholic Bible that also included commentary from Rev.
R. Byson;[3] this book was a leather-bound edition, limited to 3000 copies, of a large folio format Bible.
At the time of the sale to Mr. Kerner, Gerald MacGregor continued to stay on with the firm as Vice President and General Manager.
[7] Then, in 1965, W. Clement Stone, an influential business man, philanthropist and self-help writer, became Chairman of the Board of Hawthorn Books.