| Description |
xiii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-241) and index. |
| Contents |
Marshall's early years -- Marshall becomes a revolutionary and a sense of time and distance -- Marshall moves up the ladder in Virginia, and the world shakes as America comes to be -- Marshall on the national and international stage and a small cadre make a large nation -- Marshall was almost president, so who else came close? -- The necessity of the American myth -- From XYZ to Marbury -- The worst Supreme Court Decisions, the worst justices, and the best dissent -- Marshall's landmark decisions and when did the founding of America end? -- Transitional courts and how clerks have changed the court -- Modest proposals -- Marshall and Burr, his retreats to Richmond, and his legacy -- Why we study history, and how the study of it has deeply changed. |
| Summary |
"A biographical history of Chief Justice John Marshall, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Marshall, John, 1755-1835.
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Judges -- United States -- Biography.
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United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9781493037476 (hardback) |
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