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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Modern Library
Publication date
May 1, 2002
Pages
270
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780679642626
ISBN-10
0679642625
Dimensions
0.87 by 5 by 7.50 in.
Weight
0.70 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$22.95
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A recently discovered autobiography by the wife of Supreme Court justice John Marshall Harlan describes how such seminal events as the Civil War, the end of slavery, and various Supreme Court decisions influenced her own everyday life and the future of her family. 75,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Like Abigail Adams, Malvina Shanklin Harlan witnessedâand gently influencedânational history from the unique perspective of a political leaderâs wife. Her husband, Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan (1833â1911), played a central role in some of the most significant civil rights decisions of his era, including his lone dissenting opinion in Plessy v. Ferguson, the infamous case that endorsed separate but equal segregation. And for fifty-seven years he was married to a woman who was busy making a mental record of their eventful lives.
After Justice Harlanâs death in 1911, Malvina wrote Some Memories of a Long Life, 1854â1911, as a testament to her husbandâs accomplishments and to her own. The memoir begins with Malvina, the daughter of passionate abolitionists, becoming the teenage bride of John Marshall Harlan, whose family owned more than a dozen slaves. Malvina depicts her life in antebellum Kentucky, and her courageous defense of the Harlan homestead during the Civil War. She writes of her husbandâs ascent in legal circles and his eventual appointment to the Supreme Court in 1877, where he was the author of opinions that continued to influence American race relations deep into the twentieth century. Yet Some Memories is more than a wifeâs account of a famous and powerful man. It chronicles the remarkable evolution of a young woman from Indiana who became a keen observer of both her familyâs life and that of her nation.
When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg began researching the history of the women associated with the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress sent her Malvina Harlanâs unpublished manuscript. Recalling Abigail Adamsâs order to âremember the ladies,â Justice Ginsburg has guided its long journey from forgotten document to published book. Some Memories of a Long Life includes a Foreword by Justice Ginsburg, as well as an Afterword by historian Linda Przybyszewski and an Epilogue of the Harlan legacy by Amelia Newcomb. According to Library Journal, âThis is the sort of book you call a publishing event.â
After Justice Harlanâs death in 1911, Malvina wrote Some Memories of a Long Life, 1854â1911, as a testament to her husbandâs accomplishments and to her own. The memoir begins with Malvina, the daughter of passionate abolitionists, becoming the teenage bride of John Marshall Harlan, whose family owned more than a dozen slaves. Malvina depicts her life in antebellum Kentucky, and her courageous defense of the Harlan homestead during the Civil War. She writes of her husbandâs ascent in legal circles and his eventual appointment to the Supreme Court in 1877, where he was the author of opinions that continued to influence American race relations deep into the twentieth century. Yet Some Memories is more than a wifeâs account of a famous and powerful man. It chronicles the remarkable evolution of a young woman from Indiana who became a keen observer of both her familyâs life and that of her nation.
When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg began researching the history of the women associated with the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress sent her Malvina Harlanâs unpublished manuscript. Recalling Abigail Adamsâs order to âremember the ladies,â Justice Ginsburg has guided its long journey from forgotten document to published book. Some Memories of a Long Life includes a Foreword by Justice Ginsburg, as well as an Afterword by historian Linda Przybyszewski and an Epilogue of the Harlan legacy by Amelia Newcomb. According to Library Journal, âThis is the sort of book you call a publishing event.â
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from Modern Library (May 1, 2002)
9780679642626 | details & prices | 270 pages | 5.00 × 7.50 × 0.87 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $22.95
About: The wife of Supreme Court justice John Marshall Harlan describes such seminal events as the Civil War, the end of slavery, and various Supreme Court decisions influenced by her own everyday life and that of her family.
About: The wife of Supreme Court justice John Marshall Harlan describes such seminal events as the Civil War, the end of slavery, and various Supreme Court decisions influenced by her own everyday life and that of her family.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Modern Library (July 1, 2003)
9780812967449 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.52 lbs | List price $13.95
About: The wife of Supreme Court justice John Marshall Harlan describes such seminal events as the Civil War, the end of slavery, and various Supreme Court decisions influenced by her own everyday life and that of her family.
About: The wife of Supreme Court justice John Marshall Harlan describes such seminal events as the Civil War, the end of slavery, and various Supreme Court decisions influenced by her own everyday life and that of her family.
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