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38: 248:. Cerf suggested including a biographical essay about Rand. Nathaniel Branden turned this portion of the book over to his wife Barbara, who conducted a series of audiotaped private interviews with Rand to collect biographical information. 944: 255:, Rand terminated her relationship with both Brandens. Subsequently, the Brandens repudiated their own book, saying the approach they took was too uncritical towards Rand. 987: 201:
The first section of the book contains three essays by Nathaniel Branden, under the heading "An Analysis of the Novels of Ayn Rand". The first discusses the
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described the book as an "authorized exercise in uncritical adulation". Other critics of Rand have called it "gushingly adulatory" and "sycophantic".
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At the time the book was written, Nathaniel and Barbara Branden had been close friends with Rand for over a decade. The couple worked through the
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The book's second section contains a biographical essay of Rand by Barbara Branden, which was written with Rand's full cooperation and review.
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said Nathaniel Branden's essays are "illuminating", but the biography is limited because it required Rand's review and approval. Historian
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The book was first published in June 1962 in a hardcover edition from Random House. A paperback edition was released in June 1964 by
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to spread Rand's philosophical ideas. The book was inspired by a series of radio talks that Nathaniel Branden gave on radio station
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of Rand. The Brandens subsequently repudiated the book, deeming its approach too uncritical toward Rand.
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in New York. He suggested the idea of basing a book on the talk to
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Ayn Rand Nation: The Hidden Struggle for America's Soul
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Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right
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Index

Who is Ayn Rand?

Nathaniel Branden
Barbara Branden
Ayn Rand
Random House
Hardcover
Paperback
ISBN
0-394-45179-1
OCLC
313377536
Ayn Rand
Nathaniel Branden
Barbara Branden
Objectivism
authorized biography
ethical philosophy
Atlas Shrugged
psychology
Nathaniel Branden Institute
The Objectivist Newsletter
WBAI
Bennett Cerf
Random House
Paperback Library
Mimi Reisel Gladstein
Jennifer Burns
hagiographic
Objectivist movement

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