John Marshall: A Life In Law is a major biography - researched from thousands of unpublished papers - of the great American statesman whose life (1775 - 1853) spanned eighty critical, turbulent years in American history. We first meet John Marshall as a nineteen-year-old Virginia frontiersman urging the Minutemen to brighten their muskets; later, in the post-war years, Marshall emerges as a leader of the Richmond bar - perhaps the finest collection of lawyers in the nation's history. We see John Marshall, the "envoy extraordinaire," as he plays a crucial role in the famous Paris XYZ affair, and finally, as Chief Justice of the United States, a position he holds for three decades, forging the court into a strong arm of the federal government equal to the presidency and the Congress. Here also is John Marshall the man; a passionate husband, devoted family man, and brilliant peer of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Moore, Robert Morris, and Joseph Story.

John Marshall: A Life in Law

Baker, Leonard

Macmillan

Days of Sorrow and Pain: Leo Baeck and the Berlin Jews

Recounts Leo Baeck's efforts to prepare millions of German Jews to meet the horrifying demands of the Nazi era, revealing how he worked in the underground and provided religious education for Jewish children

Biographies & Memoirs

Oxford University Press

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author looks at the lives, times, and achievements of two great Supreme Court Justices

Brandeis and Frankfurter: A Dual Biography

Professionals & Academics

New York University Press

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John Marshall: A Life in Law

Days of Sorrow and Pain: Leo Baeck and the Berlin Jews

Brandeis and Frankfurter: A Dual Biography