Yankee From Olympus.
Bowen, Catherine Drinker.
Place Published: Boston, Mass:
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company,
Date Published: 1944.
Description: The book has 473 pages with eight black and white photos. The book is in GOOD condition with the two fly pages loosened from hard cover but all intact. Some discolor spots on the page edges. of some pages with some wear on front board. JMVintage specializes in Books, Magazines and Treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. The story of Jusstice Oliver Wendell Holmes is the story of his country. The narrative cannot begin with the flat date of his birth 1841.Wendells, Olivers, Jacksons, Holmeses: solid people, "sound" people-and adventurous people. To know Justice Holmes at eighty-courtly, witty, scholarly, kind-it is well to have acquaintance with his Calvinist grandfather, Abiel Holmes with his handsome mother from whom he inherited, he said "a trace of melancholy." Justice Homles was the product of Massachusetts, Beacon Hill Havard College. At sixty-one he left Boston for the larger arena of Washington and national life.
Binding: Hard CopyCondition: Good
Book Id: 12051
Price: $5.00
