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Sumner Charles Britton (1865 – September 1927) was one of the two founding partners in Reilly & Britton, the Chicago publishing house that published most of the literary work of L. Frank Baum and thirteen of his fourteen Oz books. Britton was originally from Arkansas, and began as a journalist. He first came to Chicago in 1893, to report on the world's fair of that year, the World's Columbian Exposition, for the Kansas City Star. He was strongly impressed by the city, and moved to Chicago in 1894.

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  • Sumner Charles Britton (1865 – September 1927) was one of the two founding partners in Reilly & Britton, the Chicago publishing house that published most of the literary work of L. Frank Baum and thirteen of his fourteen Oz books. Britton was originally from Arkansas, and began as a journalist. He first came to Chicago in 1893, to report on the world's fair of that year, the World's Columbian Exposition, for the Kansas City Star. He was strongly impressed by the city, and moved to Chicago in 1894.
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  • Sumner Charles Britton (1865 – September 1927) was one of the two founding partners in Reilly & Britton, the Chicago publishing house that published most of the literary work of L. Frank Baum and thirteen of his fourteen Oz books. Britton was originally from Arkansas, and began as a journalist. He first came to Chicago in 1893, to report on the world's fair of that year, the World's Columbian Exposition, for the Kansas City Star. He was strongly impressed by the city, and moved to Chicago in 1894. By the start of the twentieth century Britton was the sales manager for the George M. Hill Company, when that firm published the first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). When the Hill firm went bankrupt early in 1902, Britton joined with Hill company manager Frank Kennicott Reilly to begin Reilly & Britton. Baum was close to the former salesman; in his own words, Baum had "affection" for "Brit," but "admiration" for the man he always called "Mr. Reilly." Baum dedicated his seventh Oz book, The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913), to Sumner Hamilton Britton, the publisher's younger son. Both of Britton's sons, Sumner H. and William A. Britton, became involved in publishing or journalism. Britton's wife was Fay Adams Britton (1869–1942); her book Shakespearian Fairy Tales was published by her husband's firm in 1907. Britton remained with the company until 1919, when he sold his partnership to longtime employee William F. Lee. The firm became Reilly & Lee as a result. After his retirement, Britton moved from Chicago to New York. In December 1926 he had a breakdown, was reported missing by his son William, and was found suffering from amnesia. Britton died within a year.
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