Title:
The great dissenter : the story of John Marshall Harlan, America's judicial hero / Peter S. Canellos.
ISBN:
9781501188206
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Edition:
First Simon & Schuster Hardcover Edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
©2021
Physical Description:
609 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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".
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.
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OCLC Number:
on1236899188
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