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Carol Weiss King, human rights lawyer, 1895-1952
by Ginger, Ann Fagan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Heavy sunning to spine. 1 cm tear to DJ head of spine, top edge of DJ back cover, and bottom edge of DJ front cover. Mild rubbin
- ISBN 10
- 0870812858
- ISBN 13
- 9780870812859
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
Niwot, Colo: University Press of Colorado, 1993. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Heavy sunning to spine. 1 cm tear to DJ head of spine, top edge of DJ back cover, and bottom edge of DJ front cover. Mild rubbing to DJ edges. DJ in archival mylar. Gift inscription by author to front free end paper. Book is fine in good(+) DJ.. Hardcover quarto in red DJ with faded gray spine. xx, 599 pages : b/w illustrations ; 24 cm. Signed by author || Contents: pt. I. The Roaring Twenties, 1920-1929: Learning to Practice Law. 1. Attorney General Palmer's Raids. 2. Discovering How to Fight Back. 3. Beginning to Practice Law. 4. From Hell to Horatio. 5. Grasping a Victory Out of Defeat. 6. Shorr, Brodsky & King -- and Jonathan. 7. Watching Darrow Work a Jury -- pt. II. The Depression Thirties, 1930-1938: Practicing in the Left of Times. 8. Suddenly Alone, With Jonathan. 9. After the Crash. 10. Dnieprostroy, Berlin, and Harlan County. 11. Defending the Right to Revolution. 12. Getting on With the Bulletin and With Life. 13. Saving the "Scottsboro Boys" 14. A New Deal for Aliens? 15. Representing Clients in Warsaw and Dixie. 16. Building a Guild of Lawyers. 17. Uniting on Many Fronts -- pt. III. The World War Forties, 1939-1945: Winning Cases in the Supreme Court. 18. Moving Onto Page One. 19. Harry Bridges: Round One. 20. Proving a Government/Business Conspiracy. 21. Fighting Fascism and the FBI. 22. Harry Bridges: Round Two.; 23. The Cumulative Effect of Five Liars. 24. Getting a Republican to Represent a Communist. 25. Folks Have to Be Themselves. 26. Winning in the Highest Court. 27. Winning in the Highest Court, Doubled -- pt. IV. The Cold War Forties and Fifties, 1946-1952: Holding the Line. 28. The Attorney General Threatens Revenge. 29. Making a Noise Like a Lawyer. 30. "The Hell With You! Love, Carol" 31. A New Kind of Woman Fights the Cold War. 32. An Incredible Case. 33. Once in a Lifetime! 34. A Big Fraud in a Little Palmer Raid. 35. "The Communist's Dearest Friend" 36. Finally, the Supreme Court. || Lawyers -- United States -- Biography. Civil rights.
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- Bibliope by Calvello Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 90151
- Title
- Carol Weiss King, human rights lawyer, 1895-1952
- Author
- Ginger, Ann Fagan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Heavy sunning to spine. 1 cm tear to DJ head of spine, top edge of DJ back cover, and bottom edge of DJ front cover. Mild rubbin
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- ISBN 10
- 0870812858
- ISBN 13
- 9780870812859
- Publisher
- University Press of Colorado
- Place of Publication
- Niwot, Colo
- Date Published
- 1993
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- Law;
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