The crossword puzzle book

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Who

Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster

When

1924

Where

New York, United States

Simon & Schuster was founded in 1924 on a single idea: Richard Simon's aunt wanted a book of the crossword puzzles then printed only in newspapers. The first one sold in the hundreds of thousands, started a national craze, and paid for a publishing house that still bears both men's names.

Sources

Part of “The Gifts of the Jews” — verified Jewish contributions to the world, with sources.