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Carl Crow


Born
in Missouri, The United States
January 01, 1884

Died
January 01, 1945

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Carl Crow was a Missouri-born newspaperman, businessman, and author who managed several newspapers and then opened the first Western advertising agency in Shanghai, China. He ran the agency for 19 years, creating calendar advertisements and the so-called sexy China Girl poster. He was also founding editor of the Shanghai Evening Post.

In the 1930s and 1940s, Crow wrote 13 books; and his most popular book, 400 Million Customers (1937)won one of the early National Book Awards: the Most Original Book of 1937.

Carl Crow arrived in Shanghai in 1911 and made the city his home for a quarter of a century, working there as a journalist, newspaper proprietor, and groundbreaking ad-man. He also did stints as a hostage negotiator, emergency police sergea
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Average rating: 3.98 · 131 ratings · 17 reviews · 75 distinct worksSimilar authors
400 Million Customers

4.28 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1937 — 37 editions
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Foreign Devils in the Flowe...

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Japan's Dream Of World Empi...

3.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1942 — 10 editions
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The Long Road Back to China...

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Master Kung: The Story of C...

3.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1938 — 2 editions
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China 1921: The Travel Guide

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My Friends, the Chinese

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I Speak for the Chinese

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1937
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Handbook for China

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He Opened the Door of Japan...

it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1971 — 3 editions
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