01983cam a2200313 i 4500
504764839
TxAuBib
20210626120000.0
210126s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u
2021003146
9781501188206
$32.50
1501188208
$32.50
DLC
eng
rda
DLC
IMmBT
TxAuBib
rda
Canellos, Peter S.
The great dissenter :
the story of John Marshall Harlan, America's judicial hero /
Peter S. Canellos.
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2021.
viii, 609 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm.
txt
rdacontent
n
rdamedia
nc
rdacarrier
Includes bibliographical references 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"--
Provided by publisher.
20210626.
Harlan, John Marshall
1833-1911.
United States
Supreme Court
Biography.
Judges
United States
Biography.