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Firebrand for Justice: A Biography of Louis Dembitz Brandeis
Firebrand for Justice A Biography of Louis Dembitz Brandeis Author:Iris Noble "One of the greatest legal minds the world (has) produced." — This is but one of hundreds of praising statements used to describe Louis Dembitz Brandeis. But his legal skill is only one facet of this famous man's controversial personality. In Firebrand for Justice, Iris Noble explores the vibrant and dramatic Brandeis li... more »fe-style in an extremely well-written biography.
Here you will follow Louis Brandeis from Louisville, Kentucky, in the 1870's (when Louis first dreams of becoming a lawyer), all the way to the Supreme Court. How this son of Jewish immigrant parents, after graduating at the top of his Harvard Law class, earns a fortune defending American business on the wave of its phenomenal growth makes this fascinating and informative career story read like an action-packed novel. In the midst of a lucrative career, Louis Brandeis switched from corporation lawyer for big business to champion of workers' rights. His turnabout is a terse and telling comment both on the man and on the times in which he lived. On these pages you'll meet Louis Brandeis--lawyer extraordinary, originator of the famous 'Brandeis brief' and a new concept of what "living law" is.
Here is Louis Dembitz Brandeis, the first Jew to be appointed as associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, backed by such famed liberals as Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Felix Frankfurter, Benjamin Cardozo, and Dean Acheson. Here is Louis Brandeis, called by his opponent "Jew" and "radical." And here, too, is Louis Brandeis--husband (after a courtship of the intellectual Goldmark daughter), father, and happy family man.
Miss Noble paints a frank and full-color portrait of her stirring "firebrand for justice"--and leaves the reader with an exciting impression of a young student who knows what he wants in the way of a career and makes it, against what might have been overwhelming odds for someone else.« less