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Saul K. Padover (1905–1981)

Author of Jefferson: A Great American's Life and Ideas

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Works by Saul K. Padover

Jefferson: A Great American's Life and Ideas (1942) 193 copies
The Living U.S. Constitution (1953) 123 copies
Thomas Jefferson on Democracy (1946) 62 copies
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (1967) 42 copies
Karl Marx: An Intimate Biography (1978) 23 copies
A Jefferson Profile: As Revealed in His Letters (1956) 20 copies
Lügendetektor. Vernehmungen im besiegten Deutschland 1944/45. Die Andere Bibliothek - Erfolgsausgabe (1999) 19 copies
Jefferson: His Famous Biography - Abridged (1952) 19 copies
World of the Founding Fathers: Basic Ideas of the Men That Made America (1960) 16 copies
The Life and Death of Louis XVI (1939) 15 copies
Thomas Jefferson and the foundations of American freedom (1965) 14 copies
Genius of America Men Whose Ideas Shaped (1960) 12 copies
Confessions and self-portraits; 4600 years of autobiography (1957) 9 copies
The Revolutionary Emperor: Joseph II of Austria (1934) 9 copies
Karl Marx on the First International (1973) 7 copies
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Associated Works

The complete Madison : his basic writings (1953) — Editor — 55 copies
Letters of Karl Marx (1979) — Editor — 34 copies
The Complete Jefferson (1943) — Editor — 31 copies
The essential Marx : the non-economic writings, a selection (1978) — Editor — 30 copies

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Jefferson by 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.… (more)
 
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Karl Marx: Am Intimate Biography by 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… by Saul K. Padover
An excellent introduction, chapters arranged by governmental responsibilities. Readable.
 
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carterchristian1 | Jun 25, 2010 |
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