December 13 , 2017
Former Congressman Jason Altmire’s “Dead Center” “fourpeats” as the Sunbury Press bestseller for November
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Sunbury Press has released the bestsellers list for November. Former Congressman Jason Altmire’s Dead Center: How Political Polarization Divided America and What We Can Do About It took the top spot for the fourth month in a row. Newly released The Most Hated Man in America: Jerry Sandusky and the Rush to Judgment by Mark Pendergrast was runner-up. Five other new releases were in the top 10 including Mark Carlson's World War II aviation history The Marines' Lost Squadron, Joe Farley's basketball memoir Trumpet Call to Victory, Scott Zuckerman's story of Murray Jacobs, a seabee in WW2 entitled Dreams of My Comrades, John Hoptak's Dear Ma - The Civil War Letters of Curtis Clay Pollock, and Chicken Bone Beach a history of Atlantic City's segregated Missouri Avenue beach by Cheryl Brooks. Vietnam memoirs Call Sign Dracula and Chasing Understanding in the Jungles of Vietnam continue to sell well, placing 4th and 5th.
SUNBURY PRESS - Bestsellers for November 2017 (by Revenue) | ||||
Rank | Prior | Title | Author | Category |
1 | 1 | Dead Center: How Political Polarization Divided America and What We Can Do About It | Jason Altmire | Political Science |
2 | NEW | The Most Hated Man in America: Jerry Sandusky and the Rush to Judgment | Mark Pendergrast | Legal History |
3 | NEW | The Marines' Lost Squadron: The Odyssey of VMF-422 | Mark Carlson | Aviation History |
4 | 2 | Call Sign Dracula | Joe Fair | Military Memoir |
5 | 3 | Chasing Understanding in the Jungles of Vietnam | Doug Beed | Military Memoir |
6 | NEW | Trumpet Call to Victory: The Final Years of Hazelton Saint Gabriel's Basketball | Joe Farley | Sports History |
7 | NEW | Dreams of My Comrades: The Story of MM1C Murray Jacobs | Scott Zuckerman | Military Memoir |
8 | NEW | Dear Ma - The Civil War Letters of Curtis Clay Pollock | John Hoptak | Military Memoir |
9 | 17 | Embattled Freedom | Jim Remsen | History |
10 | NEW | Chicken Bone Beach | Cheryl Brooks | Segregation |
11 | -- | Cast Iron Signs of Pennsylvania Towns and Other Landmarks | N Clair Clawser | History |
12 | 7 | Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last, 2nd Ed. | Mike Campbell | History |
13 | 19 | Freemasons at Gettysburg | Sheldon Munn | History |
14 | 4 | Tigers by the River | Wylie McLallen | Sports History |
15 | 16 | The Ripper's Haunts | Michael Hawley | True Crime |
16 | 23 | Raising Monarchs | Sue McGovern | Pets |
17 | -- | There's Something about Rough and Ready | Lawrence Knorr, et al | History |
18 | -- | Lost in the Shadow of Fame | William Lemanski | History |
19 | -- | Keystone Tombstones Volume 2 | Joe Farrell & Joe Farley | Biography |
20 | -- | Indian Villages and Place Names in Pennsylvania | George Donehoo | History |
21 | -- | Cannons, Cattle, and Campfires | John L. Moore | History |
22 | 13 | Keystone Tombstones Volume 1 | Joe Farrell & Joe Farley | Biography |
23 | -- | Pioneers, Prisoners, and Peacepipes | John L. Moore | History |
24 | -- | Pit Bulls | Anthony Julian | History |
25 | 15 | Keystone Corruption Continues | Brad Bumsted | History |