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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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Abstract:
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 personal reflections, the memoir is an unprecedented insiders view of court life.
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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 kind of legal Bluebeard; and the two Black servants, who call McReynolds (behind his back of course) 'Pussywillow.' This is literature, rather than just history - the charm is in the telling." - Judge Richard Posner Read more...
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