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Saul K. Padover (1905–1981)

Autore di Jefferson: A Great American's Life and Ideas

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Comprende i nomi: S. Padover, Saul Padover, S.K. Padover, PADOVER SAUL K., Saul K. Padover, Saul K. Padover, Samuel K. Padover, Saul K. ed. Padover, Saul Kussiel Padover, Saul Klissiel Padover, Editor Saul K. Padover, Editor Saul K. Padover, Saul K-Edited By Padover, Edited by Saul K. Padover, Assembled and Arranged Saul K. Padover, Saul K. Padover (Presented with Notes), revised edition by Ja Saul K. This second Padover

Fonte dell'immagine: Guggenheim Fellowship

Opere di Saul K. Padover

Jefferson: A Great American's Life and Ideas (1942) 194 copie
The Living U.S. Constitution (1953) 121 copie
Thomas Jefferson on Democracy (1946) 61 copie
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (1967) 42 copie
Karl Marx: An Intimate Biography (1978) 23 copie
A Jefferson Profile: As Revealed in His Letters (1956) 20 copie
L' anno zero: 1944-1945: un soldato ebreo alla scoperta della catastrofe tedesca (1999) 19 copie
Jefferson: His Famous Biography - Abridged (1952) 19 copie
World of the Founding Fathers: Basic Ideas of the Men That Made America (1960) 16 copie
The Life and Death of Louis XVI (1939) 15 copie
Thomas Jefferson and the foundations of American freedom (1965) 14 copie
Genius of America Men Whose Ideas Shaped (1960) 12 copie
Confessions and self-portraits; 4600 years of autobiography (1957) 9 copie
The Revolutionary Emperor: Joseph II of Austria (1934) 9 copie
Karl Marx on the First International (1973) 7 copie
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The complete Madison : his basic writings (1953) — A cura di — 55 copie
Letters of Karl Marx (1979) — A cura di — 34 copie
The Complete Jefferson (1943) — A cura di — 31 copie
The essential Marx : the non-economic writings, a selection (1978) — A cura di — 30 copie

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Jefferson di Samuel Padover
As a student of the American Revolution, I've read a lot about Thomas Jefferson. In completing this abridged biography, I discovered it's nice every now and then to read a short, concise biography just to hit the highlights on the subject without going into a lot of minutia. For those who are curious about TJ, this is a good little book to give you an overview of what he was about and how he conducted himself.

Given that it was written in the early 1950s, I was curious about how the author would deal with slavery. It's of course discussed, but certainly not to the degree that most of today's books are.

Still, given my knowledge of our third president, I feel like this is a well written biography about one of America's greatest Founder.… (altro)
 
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Jarratt | 4 altre recensioni | Dec 24, 2023 |
 
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laplantelibrary | 4 altre recensioni | Mar 31, 2022 |
Karl Marx: Am Intimate Biography di Saul K. Padover
The book was a bit dated, but it still gave me more insight into the world of Karl Marx - a very selfish man! I found it to be very ironic that he came from a family of rabbis but was antisemitic. His wife sounded very interesting, I would really like to read more about Jenny.
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briannad84 | Mar 17, 2013 |
Genius of America, Men Whose Ideas Shaped Our… di Saul K. Padover
An excellent introduction, chapters arranged by governmental responsibilities. Readable.
 
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carterchristian1 | Jun 25, 2010 |
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