The Mississippi Bubble

The Mississippi Bubble is a 1902 novel by American author Emerson Hough. It was Hough's first bestseller, and the fourth-best selling novel in the United States in 1902.[2]

The Mississippi Bubble
AuthorEmerson Hough
IllustratorHenry Hutt[1]
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherBowen-Merrill Company
Publication date
April 1902
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages454

The historical novel revolves around the story of John Law (1671-1729) and the "Mississippi Bubble", an economic bubble of speculative investment in the French colony of Louisiana.[3][4]

The book sold well from the time of its release, with The New York Times reporting 1,000 copies selling per day in the first month of its release.[5] It became the number one best-selling book in America for the month in the August 1902 issue of The Bookman.[6]

Hough wrote the book at night, working between 10pm and 4am, after his day job at Forest and Stream magazine in Chicago. He earned $11,640.15 from it.[7]

References
  1. (May 10, 1902). A young woman ..., The New York Times (small item reports that a young woman started reading the novel while waiting on Hutt and offered to post as Catherine for the frontispiece)
  2. Hackett, Alice Payne. Seventy Years of Best Sellers 1895-1965, p. 98 (1967) (the bestseller lists for 1895-1912 in this volume are derived from the lists published in The Bookman (New York))
  3. O'crast, P.R. Emerson Hough's "The Mississippi Bubble" (book review), The Bookman (New York), Vol. XV, No. 4, pp. 374-76 (June 1902)
  4. (May 3, 1902). Other New Books, St. Louis Republic
  5. (June 14, 1902). Notes and News, The New York Times
  6. Best Selling Books, The Bookman (New York) (August 1902, p. 600) (It entered the Top 6 list in the July 1902 issue at No. 2, rose to No. 1 in August, fell to No. 3 in the September and October issues, and came in at No. 4 in November)
  7. Johnson, Carole M. Emerson Hough's American West, from Books at Iowa 21 (November 1974)
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