Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Subtitle: the Supreme Court and American legal thought
By: Sophie W. Littlefield, William M. Wiecek.
Contributors: Wiecek, William M., 1938-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The library of American lives and times
Publisher: PowerPlus Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894.; Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894.; United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; United States. Supreme Court.; Judges -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Judges.
Genres: Biography; Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-106) and index.
Table of contents: title: Growing up in Boston; title: Serving in the Civil war; title: A young lawyer and the common law; title: Becoming a judge; title: An appointment to the United States Supreme Court; title: "Fundamental principles"; title: Congress and child labor; title: Free speech and the First Amendment; title: World War I changes everything; title: Final years.