Harold Robbins

Why Is Harold Robbins Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Harold Robbins was an American author of popular novels. One of the best-selling writers of all time, he wrote over 25 best-sellers, selling over 750 million copies in 32 languages. Early life Robbins was born Harold Rubin in New York City in 1916, the son of Frances "Fannie" Smith and Charles Rubin. His parents were well-educated Jewish emigrants from the Russian Empire, his father from Odessa and his mother from Neshwies , south of Minsk. Robbins later falsely claimed to be a Jewish orphan who had been raised in a Catholic boys' home. Instead he was raised by his father, a pharmacist, and his stepmother, Blanche, in Brooklyn.

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What Are Harold Robbins's Academic Contributions?

Harold Robbins has made the following academic contributions:

• Where Love Has Gone
• Tycoon
• The Dream Merchants
• The Carpetbaggers
• Goodbye, Janette
• A Stone for Danny Fisher
• 79 Park Avenue