The Americanization of Edward Bok: The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After

xxiii, 461 pp. A Pulitzer Prize winning autobiography by the long-time editor of Ladies Home Journal who coined the term 'living room'. Dutch-born American editor, writer, and philanthropist Edward Bok served as editor of the Ladies' Home Journal from 1889 to 1919. His innovations contributed to the Journal's outstanding success and revolutionized the women's magazine field. Edward William Bok was born in Den Helder, Netherlands, on October 9, 1863.