First: Sandra Day O'Connor

by Evan Thomas

Book Overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of Sandra Day O'Connor, America's first female Supreme Court justice, drawing on exclusive interviews and first-time access to Justice O'Connor's archives--by the New York Times bestselling author Evan Thomas.

"She's a hero for our time, and this is the biography for our time."--Walter Isaacson

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399589287
• ISBN13: 9780399589287
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.7" x 10.7"

Customer Reviews

A Carefully Researched & Outstanding Biography

Beginning at the ranch where the future first female Supreme Court justice was raised, the biographer begins a journey with many details that will surprise, including her time at Stanford and later experience in Arizona politics. Her husband leaves his Arizona law practice to follow her to Washington DC after she is appointed to SCOTUS. The lives of husband, wife, their children and many friends are meshed in an engrossing book!