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Language
English
Description
"Judge Crater's wife, Stella, is the picture of propriety. Ritzi, a leggy showgirl, thinks the judge's bed is the first step out of the chorus line. And thanks to the judge, dutiful maid Maria Simon's husband is now a detective in the NYPD. Crater himself is indebted to both Tammany Hall and a notorious gangster. As rumors circulate about widespread political corruption, the Honorable Joseph Crater steps into a cab and disappears forever. Or does...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Born to an aspirational blue-collar family during the Great Depression, Constance Baker Motley was expected to find herself a good career as a hair dresser. Instead, she became the first black woman to argue a case in front of the Supreme Court, the first of ten she would eventually argue. The only black woman member in the legal team at the NAACP's Inc. Fund at the time, she defended Martin Luther King in Birmingham, helped to argue in Brown vs....
9) John Jay
Author
Publisher
ABDO Pub
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and political career of the man who was a delegate to the First Continental Congress, one of the authors of "The Federalist," and first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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Series
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Compelling portraits of American history's most notable male and female leaders. Includes informative sidebars, interesting and easy-to-understand content. Complements school curriculum. Profiles the New York lawyer who became a diplomat to gather aid and support for the American Revolution, and later served as the new nation's first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"After an accident leaves New York City judge William Lonergan mentally impaired, his wife, Barbara, who doubles as the judge's confidential secretary, is determined to protect his health, his career, and his reputation. Barbara and Larry Seagle, the judge's law clerk, support Judge Lonergan enough for him to fulfill his judicial duties, keeping his true condition secret. Months pass under this exhausting routine, until suddenly Barbara finds her...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
In the course of one year, Judge Sol Wachtler fell from the top of New York's legal establishment to the very bottom of the criminal justice system - locked up in solitary confinement at a federal prison. This is Wachtler's remarkable account of what he saw behind bars, how it changed him, and why it all happened. Wachtler was driving home on the Long Island Expressway when a van swerved directly in front of him and three carloads of FBI agents arrested...
