The Rise and Fall of Morris Ernst, Free Speech Renegade
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A long-overdue biography of the legendary civil liberties lawyer--a vital and contrary figure who both defended Ulysses and fawned over J. Edgar Hoover. In the 1930s and '40s, Morris Ernst was one of America's best-known liberal lawyers. The ACLU's general counsel for decades, Ernst was renowned for his audacious fights against artistic censorship. He successfully defended Ulysses against obscenity charges, litigated groundbreaking...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:022665804X
ISBN13:9780226658049
Release Date:June 2021
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:424 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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