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Biography"Whitman Publishing is a book and game publisher that primarily produces coin and stamp collecting books and materials.[1] The company is owned by Anderson Press.[2] From the early 1900s to the late 1980s, Whitman was a popular children's book publisher. For decades it was a subsidiary of Western Publishing Company. Its genres included westerns, mysteries, science fiction, adventure stories, and various others. Whitman also published Whitman Authorized Editions with stories featuring fictionalized versions of popular actresses of the 1940s (i.e. Judy Garland), and later similar books based upon popular television shows, such as The Munsters. Hawaii Five-O, The Roy Rogers Show, Lassie, and book adaptations of many Walt Disney films. One of its most popular mystery series was Trixie Belden. They also published illustrated card games including War, Hearts, Fish, Old Maid, and Crazy Eights.[3]"--Wikipedia
