The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America's Judicial Hero

by Peter S. Canellos

Book Overview

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.

They say that history is written by the victors. But not in the case of the most famous dissenter on the Supreme Court. Almost a century after his death, it was John Marshall Harlan's words that helped end segregation, and gave us our...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501188208
• ISBN13: 9781501188206
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"