Rinehart & Company
| Company type | Publishing house |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Predecessor | Farrar & Rinehart |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Fate | Merged with Henry Holt and Company and John C. Winston Company to form Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1960) |
| Successor | Holt, Rinehart and Winston |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Products | Books |
Rinehart & Company was a U.S.-based publishing house established in 1946. It emerged as the successor to Farrar & Rinehart following John C. Farrar's departure and remained active until it merged in 1960 with Henry Holt and Company and the John C. Winston Company, creating Holt, Rinehart and Winston (HRW).
History
Farrar & Rinehart was originally founded by Frederick R. Rinehart, John C. Farrar, and Stanley M. Rinehart, Jr. After Farrar left in 1946 to start Farrar & Straus, the firm was rebranded as Rinehart & Company. Leadership continued under the Rinehart brothers until the company's 1960 consolidation.
The publishing house drew heavily on the literary influence of their mother, Mary Roberts Rinehart, a prominent mystery writer whose bestselling books were central to the firm's catalog. Her endorsement played a crucial role in establishing Farrar & Rinehart in 1929 after she parted ways with Doubleday, Doran to support her sons' new enterprise.
Authors
Prominent writers linked to Rinehart & Company include:
- Hervey Allen (1948–1950)
- Charles H. Baker, Jr. (1958)
- Katharine Brush
- Gerald Butler (1946–1951)
- Robert Cantwell (1947–1948)
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1947–1958)
- William Lindsay Gresham (1946–1953)
- Langston Hughes (1956–1957)
- Norman Mailer (1948–1951)
- Thomas Hal Phillips (1950)
- Mary Roberts Rinehart (1946–1958)
- Charles M. Schulz (1952–1960)
- Fredric Wertham (1954)
- Philip Wylie (1946–1957)
Book series
- Rinehart Editions
- Rivers of America (1946–1960)