Yankee from Olympus (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Catherine Drinker Bowen
- First Published: 1944
- Time of Work: 1800–1935
- Setting: Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C.
- Principal Characters: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Abiel Holmes, Fanny Dixwell Holmes, William James
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Justice, Family or family life, Writing, New England, Law or legislation, Civil War, Lawyers, Judges, Biography, Courts or courtrooms
- Locales: Boston, MA, Washington, D.C., Cambridge, MA
Form and Content
Yankee from Olympus: Justice Holmes and His Family provides an excellent introduction to a lengthy period of American history, from the years preceding the Civil War to the Great Depression and New Deal of the 1930’s. Author Catherine Drinker Bowen extends her study even beyond Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.’s long life span, however, since she explains that his roots in New England played an important role in the development of his character. Thus she devotes part 1 (of six parts) of the book to Holmes’s father and grandfather. By doing so, she...
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