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BL
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1014636
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b769006
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| Main Entry
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White, G. Edward.
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| Title & Author
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr /\ G. Edward White.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2006.
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| Series Statement
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Lives and legacies
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1 online resource (viii, 161 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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0195305361
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: 0199726906
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: 1280534753
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: 1429403594
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: 9780195305364
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: 9780199726905
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: 9781280534751
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: 9781429403597
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-154) and index.
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| Contents
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The family legacy -- Our hearts were touched with fire : the Civil War years -- The practical struggle of life : becoming a lawyer and a judge -- The quiet years -- A more important and more visible court -- A new and solemn volume opens -- An unlikely reformer -- The yankee from Olympus -- Toward melancholy : the retirement years.
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| Abstract
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Known as the 'Great Dissenter, ' Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr wrote some of the most eloquent opinions in the history of the United States Supreme Court. Holmes was responsible for some of the most important judicial opinions of the twentieth century. This biography offers readers a portrait of this singular individual.
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell,1841-1935.
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell,1809-1894.
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell,1841-1935.
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell,1809-1894
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United States.-- Officials and employees
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United States.
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Judges-- United States, Biography.
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Judges.
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Employees.
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Judges.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION-- Biography Autobiography-- General.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION-- Social Science-- General.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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347.73/2634B
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| LC Classification
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KF8745.H6W472 2006eb
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| Added Entry
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White, G. Edward.
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