BRANDEIS

Paper, Lewis J.

ISBN 10: 0130812994 / ISBN 13: 9780130812995

Published by Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1883

About this Item

An intimate biography of one of America's truly great Supreme Court justices. Good+ to very good tight condition with good to good+ dust jacket. Inscribed and signed: "For George - With best wishes. Lew." dated September 13, 1983. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0.

Seller Inventory # 00256

Bibliographic Details

• Title: BRANDEIS
• Publisher: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
• Publication Date: 1883
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130812994
• ISBN 13: 9780130812995
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Brandeis provides an intimate look at one of America's greatest Supreme Court Justices. Born in Louisville, Kentucky on the eve of the Civil War, Louis Brandeis grew to prominence as a private attorney in Boston at the end of the nineteenth century.  In time he achieved fame through his battles on behalf of women's rights, against monopoly interests, in pursuit of equitable insurance policies, and for other causes where the mass of people were at the mercy of dominant interests.  That stature as "the people's attorney" led Brandeis to become an adviser to President Woodrow Wilson, whose 1916 appointment allowed Brandeis to become the first Jew to sit on the United States Supreme Court.  Relying on interviews with all 11 of Brandeis' then surviving law clerks, family members, and others who knew him, as well as newly-released family papers, Lew Paper draws a chiseled portrait of a hard-nosed justice who cajoled his brethren to join him on judicial opinions; a Zionist leader who worked with David Ben-Gurion to help build a Jewish homeland in Palestine; an informal adviser who helped President Franklin D. Roosevelt grapple with the Depression; and a tender husband who pulled his wife through a nervous breakdown.   It is an inspiring story of a man driven by his convictions and unwilling to compromise his goals.

About the Author

Lew Paper is the author of five other books -- In the Cauldron: Terror, Tension, and the American Ambassador's Struggle to Avoid Pearl Harbor; Perfect: Don Larsen's Miraculous World Series Game and the Men Who Made It Happen; Deadly Risks (a novel that revolves around John Kennedy's assassination); Empire: William S. Paley and the Making of CBS; and John F. Kennedy: The Promise and the Performance.  His articles and book reviews have appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, The New Republic, and The American Scholar.  He can be contacted at lewpaper.com.