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- catalog abstract ""The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox - edited by Dennis J. Hutchinson and David J. Garrow - offers a candid, at times naive, insider's view of the showdown between Roosevelt and the Court that took place in 1937. At the same time, it marvelously portrays a Washington culture now long gone. Although the new Supreme Court building had been open for a year by the time Knox joined McReynolds' staff, most of the justices continued to work from their homes, each supported by a small staff. Knox, the epitome of the overzealous and officious young man, after landing what he believes to be a dream position, continually fears for his job under the notoriously rude (and nakedly racist) justice. But he soon develops close relationships with the justice's two black servants: Harry Parker, the messenger who does "everything but breathe" for the justice, and Mary Diggs, the maid and cook. Together, they plot and sidestep around their employer's idiosyncrasies to keep the household running while history is made in the Court." "A foreword by Dennis Hutchinson and David Garrow sets the stage, and a gallery of period photos of Knox, McReynolds, and other figures of the time gives life to this engaging account, which like no other captures life in Washington, D.C., when it was still a genteel southern town."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12512936.
- catalog contributor b12512937.
- catalog contributor b12512938.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox - edited by Dennis J. Hutchinson and David J. Garrow - offers a candid, at times naive, insider's view of the showdown between Roosevelt and the Court that took place in 1937. At the same time, it marvelously portrays a Washington culture now long gone. Although the new Supreme Court building had been open for a year by the time Knox joined McReynolds' staff, most of the justices continued to work from their homes, each supported by a small staff. Knox, the epitome of the overzealous and officious young man, after landing what he believes to be a dream position, continually fears for his job under the notoriously rude (and nakedly racist) justice.".
- catalog description "But he soon develops close relationships with the justice's two black servants: Harry Parker, the messenger who does "everything but breathe" for the justice, and Mary Diggs, the maid and cook. Together, they plot and sidestep around their employer's idiosyncrasies to keep the household running while history is made in the Court." "A foreword by Dennis Hutchinson and David Garrow sets the stage, and a gallery of period photos of Knox, McReynolds, and other figures of the time gives life to this engaging account, which like no other captures life in Washington, D.C., when it was still a genteel southern town."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox.".
- catalog extent "xxii, 288 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0226448622 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "347.73/2636 B 21".
- catalog subject "KF373.K558 A3 2002".
- catalog subject "Knox, John, 1907-1997.".
- catalog subject "Knox, John.".
- catalog subject "Law clerks United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "United States. Supreme Court Employees Biography.".
- catalog subject "United States. Supreme Court History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox.".
- catalog title "The forgotten memoir of John Knox : a year in the life of a Supreme Court clerk in FDR's Washington / edited and with a foreword and afterword by Dennis J. Hutchinson and David J. Garrow.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".