Justice Lewis F. Powell: – A Biography

"...one of the finest judicial biographies ever written...." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. is more than a model biography; it is an absorbing work of legal history with the character of a man at its center.... Jeffries's book is a model of incisive storytelling in a field that can be as dry as a bone....a splendid book indeed, as finely textured and balanced as its subject." THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD "A superb, fascinating biography. John Jeffries gives us a finely nuanced portrait of the widely admired Justice who most often cast the decisive vote in the leading rulings of the Burger Court, as well as a vivid, sensitive picture of the gentle, thoughtful human being who wore the robe." GERALD GUNTHER, WILLIAM NELSON CROMWELL PROFESSOR OF LAW. STANFORD LAW SCHOOL