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The forgotten memoir of John Knox : a year in the life of a Supreme Court clerk in FDR's Washington
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The forgotten memoir of John Knox : a year in the life of a Supreme Court clerk in FDR's Washington

Author: John Knox; Dennis J Hutchinson; David J Garrow
Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox - edited by Dennis J. Hutchinson and David J. Garrow - offers a candid, at times naive, insider's view of the showdown between Roosevelt and the Court that took place in 1937. At the same time, it marvelously portrays a Washington culture now long gone. Although the new Supreme Court building had been open for a year by the time Knox joined McReynolds' staff, most of the justices
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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: John Knox; John Knox; John (Schreiber) Knox
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: John Knox; Dennis J Hutchinson; David J Garrow
ISBN: 0226448622 9780226448626 0226448630 9780226448633
OCLC Number: 48711243
Description: xxii, 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox.
Responsibility: edited and with a foreword and afterword by Dennis J. Hutchinson and David J. Garrow.
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John Knox (1907-1997) served as private secreatry and law clerk to Justice James C. McReynolds, keeping a meticulous daily record of his life and surroundings. Balancing social commentary and  Read more...

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"This book has novelistic force, like One L or The Paper Chase. It's about a weird quartet consisting of the author, who is a nice young man, a bit of the obtuse narrator; his boss, McReynolds, a Read more...

 
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schema:reviewBody""The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox - edited by Dennis J. Hutchinson and David J. Garrow - offers a candid, at times naive, insider's view of the showdown between Roosevelt and the Court that took place in 1937. At the same time, it marvelously portrays a Washington culture now long gone. Although the new Supreme Court building had been open for a year by the time Knox joined McReynolds' staff, most of the justices continued to work from their homes, each supported by a small staff. Knox, the epitome of the overzealous and officious young man, after landing what he believes to be a dream position, continually fears for his job under the notoriously rude (and nakedly racist) justice."
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