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The great dissenter : the story of John Marshall Harlan, America's judicial hero / Peter S. Canellos.
LIBRA KF8745.H3 C36 2021
Available from offsite location
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating KF8745.H3 C36 2021
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Canellos, Peter S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Harlan, John Marshall, 1833-1911.
- Harlan, John Marshall.
- United States. Supreme Court--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Supreme Court.
- Judges--United States--Biography.
- Judges.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 609 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster Hardcover Edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 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".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [503]-571) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Weiner fund bookplate.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles H. Maxson Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781501188206
- 1501188208
- OCLC:
- 1236899188
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