The great dissenter : the story of John Marshall Harlan, America's judicial hero
Canellos, Peter S.,
The great dissenter : the story of John Marshall Harlan, America's judicial hero - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - 609 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [567]-571) and index.
A father's prophecy -- Journey into the heart of slavery -- Faith and the founding fathers -- Dread and Dred Scott -- The soul of Kentucky -- John vs. John -- "Knowledge is power" -- John, Robert and Benjamin -- "Do-do take care" -- Destiny -- Standing alone -- "The colonel has indeed surprised us" -- In trusts we trust -- Requiem for the gilded age -- The humblest and most powerful -- The walls of segregation -- The constitution follows the flag -- Freedom in the workplace -- "I am a innocent man" -- "Ever may his name be said in reverence" -- Self-inflicted wounds -- "A vicarious atonement" -- "Justice Harlan concurring" -- "Our basic legal creed".
"The definitive, sweeping biography of an American hero who stood against all the forces of Gilded Age America to fight for civil rights and economic freedom: Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan"--
9781501188206 1501188208
2021003146
Harlan, John Marshall, 1833-1911.
United States. Supreme Court --Biography.
Judges--United States--Biography.
Biographies.
Biographies.
KF8745.H3 / C36 2021
347.73/2634 B
The great dissenter : the story of John Marshall Harlan, America's judicial hero - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - 609 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [567]-571) and index.
A father's prophecy -- Journey into the heart of slavery -- Faith and the founding fathers -- Dread and Dred Scott -- The soul of Kentucky -- John vs. John -- "Knowledge is power" -- John, Robert and Benjamin -- "Do-do take care" -- Destiny -- Standing alone -- "The colonel has indeed surprised us" -- In trusts we trust -- Requiem for the gilded age -- The humblest and most powerful -- The walls of segregation -- The constitution follows the flag -- Freedom in the workplace -- "I am a innocent man" -- "Ever may his name be said in reverence" -- Self-inflicted wounds -- "A vicarious atonement" -- "Justice Harlan concurring" -- "Our basic legal creed".
"The definitive, sweeping biography of an American hero who stood against all the forces of Gilded Age America to fight for civil rights and economic freedom: Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan"--
9781501188206 1501188208
2021003146
Harlan, John Marshall, 1833-1911.
United States. Supreme Court --Biography.
Judges--United States--Biography.
Biographies.
Biographies.
KF8745.H3 / C36 2021
347.73/2634 B