Bibliograph

Go East, young man: the early years, the autobiography of William O. Douglas, William O. Douglas

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Go East, young man: the early years, the autobiography of William O. Douglas, William O. Douglas

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Go East, young man: the early years

Oclc number

737011

Responsibility statement

William O. Douglas

Sub title

the autobiography of William O. Douglas

Summary

Douglas' own story of his life from his boyhood to his appointment to the Supreme Court in 1939. He tells of poverty, polio, and minorities

Table Of Contents

1. Birthplace -- 2. Childhood -- 3. Polio -- 4. The Cascades -- 5. Coming of age in Yakima -- 6. Minorities -- 7. World War I -- 8. Whitman College -- 9. Small-town teaching -- 10. Law school and law practice -- 11. Columbia and Yale faculties -- 12. George Draper -- 13. Fear -- 14. Conservation -- 15. Outdoorsmen -- 16. Goose Prairie -- 17. Millie and Bill -- 18. The Securities and Exchange Commission -- 19. The bureaucracy -- 20. FDR -- 21. The New Deal -- 22. The witch hunt in the New Deal -- 23. International outlook -- 24. Friends and acquaintances -- 25. Brandeis and Black -- 26. Appointment to the Court

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