Lietuviškos Knygos Klubas (Lithuanian Book Club)

The Lithuanian Book Club served as publisher and likely subscriber-distribution network for Lithuanian-language books in the diaspora; Draugas press was the principal Lithuanian Catholic daily newspaper press in Chicago, which also served as a commercial printer for diaspora publications. The Lithuanian Book Club served as the publishing sponsor; Draugas press provided printing infrastructure for diaspora scholarly publication. Educational materials; Community correspondence; Mixed — the novel served simultaneously as literary entertainment, cultural education, and community prestige production for the Chicago Lithuanian diaspora Publisher and printer of diaspora Lithuanian literary works; the Lithuanian Book Club served as a membership-based book distribution and publishing organization; Draugas press was the primary Lithuanian-language Catholic daily newspaper press in Chicago used for community publishing.