Author: Krabbendam, J.L.
Title: The Model Man. A Life of Edward W. Bok, 1863-1930. (dissertation Rijksuniversiteit Leiden)
Description: Leiden, 1995. paperback, XXVI, 272 pp.. (biography of Edward W. Bok, 1863-1930, whose father Willem Jan Hidde Bok, 1829-1881, a notary at Den Helder, had to flee to the United States after being convicted for fraud. EWB himself as head of the Curtis Publishing Company, whose owner's sole daughter he had married, and as editor of the succesful Ladie's Home Journal, rose to prominency; together with Esther A. Lape and Mrs. Roosevelt he invested much energy and money in peace promoting through the American Peace Award foundation which he had set up. He left an estate of $ 23 million).

Keywords: history, editors, Edward William Bok (1863-1930), biography, Curtis Publishing Company, Ladies' Home Journal, American Peace Award, Esther A. Lape, family Bok, Den Helder, family De Meester


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