When was Wide Awake magazine first published?
Wide Awake magazine was first published in July 1875. The first issue appeared in the summer of 1875 in Boston as a response to sensationalist literature.
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Who founded Wide Awake magazine and what was their goal?
Daniel Lothrop founded Wide Awake magazine in 1875. He aimed to cultivate broad minds and pure hearts in American children between the ages of ten and eighteen by rejecting run-away-to-sea stories and elope-and-be-happy incentives.
Which famous author wrote the Five Little Peppers series for Wide Awake magazine?
Margaret Sidney wrote the Five Little Peppers series for Wide Awake magazine under the pen name Harriet Mulford Stone. The series began in 1877 with the story Polly Pepper's Chicken Pie and continued until the magazine's final issue in 1893.
When did Wide Awake magazine cease publication?
The final issue of Wide Awake magazine was dated August 1893. The magazine had ceased operations following the death of Daniel Lothrop on the 18th of March 1892 and subsequent financial difficulties.
What was the maximum circulation of Wide Awake magazine?
Wide Awake magazine never exceeded 25,000 subscribers. Despite this limited circulation, six issues were bound annually into attractive hardcover volumes known as Wide Awake Pleasure Books.