pickJed Tewksbury is born dirt poor in Alabama but strives for a place in the “kingdom of the mind” by becoming a classical scholar. His choices box him into a seemingly endless purgatory of solitude, alienation, and disappointment. He serves as a spectator of his own life, searching in war, career, and sex for an identity he can never quite grasp. This autumnal 1977 novel is beautifully written and Jed contains multitudes within his tortured mind.
Bedtime reading. Good-night! (PS: This book belonged to my mother. I love seeing her handwriting on the bookplate.)
pickWhen appointed Chief Justice several of his brethren looked down on him because of lack of judicial experience and legal scholarship. Cray documents how, motivated by the single question “Is it fair?”, Warren led the court for 16 years and left the legacy of Brown, Gideon, Miranda, Baker, and other decisions that champion civil rights and liberties. Cray shows Warren to be an honest man who cared about the common man and the common good.
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