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Matthew Josephson (1899–1978)

Author of The robber barons: the story of the great American capitalists 1861-1901

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The robber barons: the story of the great American capitalists 1861-1901 298 copies, 4 reviews
Edison: A Biography 165 copies
Memoirs of an Egotist (Editor; Introduction) 144 copies
The Politicos, 1865-1896 39 copies
Stendhal or the Pursuit of Happiness 31 copies
Life Among the Surrealists 20 copies, 1 review
Money Lords: The Great Finance Capitalists, 1925-1950 19 copies
The president makers: The culture of politics and leadership in an age of… 17 copies
Reader's Digest World's Greatest Biographies: Abraham Lincoln | Winston… 14 copies
Victor Hugo: A Realistic Biography of the Great Romantic 13 copies, 1 review
Zola and His Time 11 copies, 1 review
Sidney Hillman, statesman of American labor 9 copies
Infidel in the temple; a memoir of the nineteen-thirties 9 copies
Al Smith: Hero of the Cities; A Political Portrait Drawing on the Papers… 8 copies

Jean-Jacques Rousseau 5 copies

Union house, union bar; the history of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees… 5 copies

Empire of the air: Juan Trippe and the struggle for World Airways 4 copies

Portrait of the artist as American 2 copies

Celebrating Ohio : 50 States to Celebrate 1 copy

Nazi culture the brown darkness over Germany 1 copy

Zola e seu tempo: a história da sua carreira literária sempre combativa:… 1 copy

Ruth Gikow. 151 reproductions, several color, 1 fold. 32pp. of text. 1 copy

Edison 1 copy

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Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthology (Contributor) 223 copies, 3 reviews
Reader's Digest Great Biographies 01 93 copies
Family Treasury of Great Biographies Volume 07 11 copies
The Personal Papers of Anton Chekhov (Introduction) 8 copies
Labor and American politics; a book of readings (Contributor, some editions) 8 copies
Eight Harvard Poets (Contributor) 6 copies
Reader's Digest Great Biographies in Large Type: Edison / Andersen 2 copies

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Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Santa Cruz, California

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Brooklyn, New York, USA

Sherman, Connecticut, USA

Santa Cruz, California, USA

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Columbia University

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magazine editor

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Josephson, Hannah (wife)

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American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1948)

The New Republic

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