Slavish Shore – The Odyssey of Richard Henry Dana Jr.
Autor Jeffrey L. Amestoyen Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 aug 2015
The drama of Dana's life arises from the unresolved tension between the Brahmin he was expected to be on shore and the man he had become at sea. Dana's sense of justice made him a lawyer who championed sailors and slaves, and his extraordinary advocacy put him at the center of some of the most consequential cases in American history: defending fugitive slave Anthony Burns, justifying President Lincoln's war powers before the Supreme Court, and prosecuting Confederate president Jefferson Davis for treason. Yet Dana's own promising political career remained unfulfilled as he struggled to reconcile his rigorous conscience with his restless spirit in public controversy and private life.
The first full-length biography of Dana in more than half a century, Slavish Shore reintroduces readers to one of America's most zealous defenders of freedom and human dignity.
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ISBN-13: 9780674088191
ISBN-10: 0674088190
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 166 x 238 x 31 mm
Greutate: 0.73 kg
Editura: Harvard University Press
ISBN-10: 0674088190
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 166 x 238 x 31 mm
Greutate: 0.73 kg
Editura: Harvard University Press
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Descriere
In 1834 Harvard dropout Richard Henry Dana Jr. became a common seaman, and soon his Two Years Before the Mast became a classic. Literary acclaim did not erase the young lawyer's memory of floggings he witnessed aboard ship or undermine his vow to combat injustice. Jeffrey Amestoy tells the story of Dana's determination to keep that vow.