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Thomas Boss Congdon Jr. -LRB- March 17 , 1931 -- December 23 , 2008 -RRB- was an American book editor who worked on Russell Baker 's memoir Growing Up , Peter Benchley 's bestselling novel Jaws , and David Halberstam 's 1986 work The Reckoning , ultimately establishing his own publishing house .. American. United States. book editor. book editor. Russell Baker. Russell Baker. Growing Up. Growing Up ( memoir ). Peter Benchley. Peter Benchley. Jaws. Jaws ( novel ). David Halberstam. David Halberstam. The Reckoning. The Reckoning ( 1986 book ). Congdon was born on March 17 , 1931 in New London , Connecticut and later earned a degree from Yale University .. Yale University. Yale University. He dropped out of Yale during his sophomore year to work on a gold mine in Fairbanks , Alaska .. He served in the United States Navy on the battleships and .. United States Navy. United States Navy. He attended Columbia University , where he studied journalism .. Columbia University. Columbia University. Congdon became an editor at The Saturday Evening Post , where he worked for 12 years .. The Saturday Evening Post. The Saturday Evening Post. In 1968 , he took his first position in book publishing at Harper & Row , and was hired by Doubleday in 1971 .. Harper & Row. Harper & Row. Doubleday. Doubleday ( publisher ). At Doubleday , Congdon had read a number of articles written by Peter Benchley and invited Benchley to lunch to discuss some ideas for books .. Peter Benchley. Peter Benchley. Doubleday. Doubleday ( publisher ). Benchley wanted to write a non-fiction book about pirates , but Congdon was n't interested .. Congdon asked if he had any ideas for fiction , and Benchley respond with his idea of a novel about a great white shark terrorizing a beach resort .. Congdon offered Benchley an advance of $ 1,000 , leading to the novelist submitting the first 100 pages .. After extensive rewriting based on Congdon 's guidance , Jaws was published in 1974 and stayed on the bestseller list for some 44 weeks .. Jaws. Jaws ( novel ). In April 1974 , Congdon was named as editor in chief of adult trade books at E. P. Dutton .. E. P. Dutton. E. P. Dutton. He worked with author A. Scott Berg , who was writing a book about Maxwell Perkins .. A. Scott Berg. A. Scott Berg. Maxwell Perkins. Maxwell Perkins. Congdon reviewed Berg 's original manuscripts , which had been written in the varying styles of several notable authors , and finally circled a paragraph that he felt captured what he was looking for , saying `` You know who this sounds like ?. Nobody .. Write the whole book like this .. That 's your voice . ''. The published book , Maxwell Perkins  : Editor of Genius , won the 1980 National Book Award .. Maxwell Perkins. Maxwell Perkins. National Book Award. National Book Award. Russell Baker , who had been a columnist for The New York Times worked with Congdon on his best-selling memoir Growing Up , which Baker said would never have been written without Congdon 's assistance .. Russell Baker. Russell Baker. Growing Up. Growing Up ( memoir ). The New York Times. The New York Times. Baker said that `` After a lot of wine , I 'd start talking about my uncles ; I had a lot of uncles .. And Tom said , ` This really ought to be a book . ' ''. Baker wrote a draft , which Congdon rejected as `` a piece of reporting '' , insisting that Baker rewrite the stories and the characters as they were when they were young .. Baker recounted that `` I threw the whole thing away and started over .. A lot of the success of that book is due to him . ''. Congdon & Lattes -LRB- later known as Congdon & Weed -RRB- was established in 1979 , but went bankrupt in the mid-1980s .. Congdon edited books for other publishers , editing David Halberstam 's The Reckoning published in 1986 by William Morrow and Company .. David Halberstam. David Halberstam. The Reckoning. The Reckoning ( 1986 book ). William Morrow and Company. William Morrow and Company. In 1994 , Congdon 's non-fiction book Having Babies was published by Simon & Schuster , described by Kirkus Reviews as `` A look at pregnancy and childbirth as they are experienced by patients of an obstetrical practice in a wealthy New Jersey town . ''. Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Reviews. He died at age 77 on December 23 , 2008 at his home in Nantucket , Massachusetts due to congestive heart failure and Parkinson 's disease .. congestive heart failure. congestive heart failure