Readers Digest was founded by Sgt. Dewitt Wallace of the 35th Division who perfected his ability to summarize magazine articles as he was recovering from severe wounds he received in the Argonne Forest. As he lay hospitalized behind the lines after the Argonne offensive with a hole in his neck and a piece of shrapnel in his lung, Sergeant DeWitt Wallace of the 35th U. S.. Infantry perfected his plans for a magazine of condensed reprints culled from all the publications on the market. The tremendous success of this notion of a wounded soldier in 1918 was made manifest this week by a unique and thoroughgoing account of Reader's Digest published in FORTUNE. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,756848,00.html Reading dozens of magazines, he was impressed by the fact that certain articles had far more enduring appeal than others and that the impact of most articles could be improved by vigorously condensing them, focusing on essentials. He wanted to condense the best of previously published material of enduring appeal into a pocket-sized, non-fiction magazine that would inform, enlighten and entertain. It is a formula that remains the essence of the Digest today. DeWitt Wallace died in 1981; Lila Acheson Wallace three years later. Their memorial is the world's most widely read magazine, reaching almost 100 Million people, 165 Countries, 21 Languages, 51 Editions. Each issue contains articles of lasting interest. http://www.rd-india.com/newsite/aboutus/aboutus.asp http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10953137
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