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Oliver Wendell Holmes a life in war, law, and ideas

Oliver Wendell Holmes twice escaped death as a young Union officer in the Civil War when musket balls missed his heart and spinal cord by a fraction of an inch. He lived ever after with unwavering moral courage, unremitting scorn for dogma, and an insatiable intellectual curiosity. Named to the Supr...

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Main Author: Budiansky, Stephen (Author)
Other Authors: Dean, Robertson (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook
Language: English
Published: Old Saybrook : Tantor Audio, 2019.
Edition: Unabridged.
Subjects:
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, > Jr., > 1841-1935.
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Summary: Oliver Wendell Holmes twice escaped death as a young Union officer in the Civil War when musket balls missed his heart and spinal cord by a fraction of an inch. He lived ever after with unwavering moral courage, unremitting scorn for dogma, and an insatiable intellectual curiosity. Named to the Supreme Court by Theodore Roosevelt at age sixty-one, he served for nearly three decades, writing a series of famous, eloquent, and often dissenting opinions that would prove prophetic in securing freedom of speech, protecting the rights of criminal defendants, and ending the Court's reactionary resistance to social and economic reforms. As a pioneering legal scholar, Holmes revolutionized the understanding of common law by showing how the law always evolved to meet the changing needs of society. Drawing on many previously unpublished letters and records, Stephen Budiansky's definitive biography offers the fullest portrait yet of this pivotal American figure, whose zest for life, wit, and intellect left a profound legacy in law and Constitutional rights, and who was an inspiring example of how to lead a meaningful life in a world of uncertainty and upheaval.
Item Description: Unabridged.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (18 audio files) : digital
Playing Time: 16::3:8:
Format: Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 468087 KB).
ISBN: 9781977354655
Author Notes: Stephen Budiansky, scientist & journalist, is a correspondent for "The Atlantic Monthly." His five highly acclaimed books include "If a Lion Could Talk: Animal Intelligence & the Evolution of Consciousness" & "The Nature of Horses." He lives in Leesburg, Virginia.

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