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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Healy, Thomas.     Subjects     Abrams, J., 1886-1953 -- Trials, litigation, etc.     Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935.     Trials (Anarchy) -- New York (State) -- New York.     Freedom of speech -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Healy, Thomas.       by title:      The great dissent : ...       by call number:      342.730853 H434g     Search the Web     Healy, Thomas.     Abrams, J., 1886-1953 -- Trials, litigation, etc.     Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935.     Trials (Anarchy) -- New York (State) -- New York.     Freedom of speech -- United States.       MARC Display

The great dissent : how Oliver Wendell Holmes changed his mind-- and changed the history of free speech in America / Thomas Healy. by Healy, Thomas. Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2013. Call #: 342.730853 H434g Subjects Abrams, J., 1886-1953 -- Trials, litigation, etc.   Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935.   Trials (Anarchy) -- New York (State) -- New York.   Freedom of speech -- United States. ISBN:  9780805094565 (hc.) 0805094563 (hc.) Edition:  First Edition. Description:  322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-308) and index. Contents:  Prologue: an unexpected visit -- Train fever -- A smart chap -- The habit of intolerance -- Catspawned -- The old ewe and the half-bakes -- "He shoots so quickly" -- Defending sophistries -- Dangerous men -- "They know not what they do" -- The red summer -- "Workers--wake up!" -- A plea for help -- "Quasi in furore" -- Adulation -- "Alone at Laski" -- Epilogue : "I simply was ignorant." Summary:  Based on newly discovered letters and memos, this riveting scholarly history of the conservative justice who became a free-speech advocate and established the modern understanding of the First Amendment reconstructs his journey from free-speech skeptic to First Amendment hero. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 342.730853 H434g Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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