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White G Edward

Oliver Wendell Holmes : Lives and legacies - Oxford Oxford University Press 2000 - 161p

CONTENTS
PROLOGUE;
1.THE FAMILY LEGACY;
2.OUR HEARTS WERE TOUCHED WITH FIR E: THE CIVIL WAR YEARS;
3.THE PRACTICAL STRUGGLE OF LIFE: BECOMING A LAWYER AND A JUDGE;
4.THE QUIET YEARS;
5.A MORE IMPORTANT AND MORE VISIBLE COURT;
6.A NEW AND SOLEMN VOLUME OPENS;
7.AN UNLIKELY REFORMER ;
8.THE YANKEE FROM OLYMPUS;
9.TOWARD MELANCHOLY: THE RETIREMENT YEARS;
EPILOGUE;
NOTES;
CHRONOLOGY;
FURTHER READING;
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;
INDEX;
ABOUT THE AUTHOR;



ISBN: 0195305361

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Supreme Court - U S A 2. Oliver Wendell - Biography

Dewey Class. No.: 347.73 WHI / WHI