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| Genre/Form: | Popular works |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Lief, Michael S. And the walls came tumbling down. New York : Scribner, c2004 (OCoLC)645999557 |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael S Lief; Harry M Caldwell |
| ISBN: | 0743246667 9780743246668 |
| OCLC Number: | 54857563 |
| Notes: | "A Lisa Drew book." Includes index. |
| Description: | 404 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | To be or not to be : Karen Ann Quinlan and the right to die -- The Amistad odyssey : American courts decide if a free man can be forced into slavery -- Enemy within : radio star John Henry Faulk challenges the McCarthy-era blacklist -- A woman's rightful place : Susan B. Anthony casts a vote and battles for the ballot -- The truth shall set you free : the English crown and colonial government try muzzling newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger and the fledgling American press -- The porn king and the preacher : Larry Flynt takes on the moral majority and becomes an unlikely champion for free speech -- What price too high? : One woman's fight for survival against cancer and her HMO -- Cleansing the gene pool : Carrie Buck's forced sterilization and the limits on reproductive freedom. |
| Responsibility: | Michael S. Lief, H. Mitchell Caldwell. |
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Robert K. Tanenbaum<p>author of "Hoax"<p>A clear and compelling presentation of the most important civil cases in our history and the closing arguments that helped decide them. A book not just for lawyers or historians, but for any American who wants to understand how our civil rights came to be.<p> Read more...
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