American translator and scholar of Romance languages (1892-1950)

History of prostitution among all the peoples of the world : from the most remote antiquity to the present day / by Paul La Croix (Pierre Dufour) translated from the original French by Samuel Putnam.

The masters and the slaves (Casa-grande & senzala) : a study in the development of Brazilian civilization / by Gilberto Freyre ; translated from the Portuguese by Samuel Putnam.

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Samuel Putnam

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History of prostitution among all the peoples of the world : from the most remote antiquity to the present day / by Paul La Croix (Pierre Dufour) translated from the original French by Samuel Putnam.

The masters and the slaves (Casa-grande & senzala) : a study in the development of Brazilian civilization / by Gilberto Freyre ; translated from the Portuguese by Samuel Putnam.