Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. - Further Reading
FURTHER READING
Bibliography
Aichele, Gary J. "Bibliographic Essay." In Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: Soldier, Scholar, Judge, pp. 197-205. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1989.
Lists primary and secondary sources on Holmes's work and life.
Biography
Bowen, Catherine Drinker. Yankee from Olympus: Justice Holmes and His Family. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1944, 473 p.
Traces Holmes's family History from his grandparents' marriage in 1800 until his death in 1935.
Novick, Sheldon M. Honorable Justice: The Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1989, 522 p.
Biography that attempts to tell Holmes's life story "with sympathy, but without apology," including some of the less well-understood aspects of Holmes's opinions and character.
Criticism
Commager, Henry Steele. "Masters of the New Jurisprudence: Pound and Holmes." In The American Mind: An...
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