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Jonathan Lethem: IMG Stops: On Those Things My New Novel Forgot to Be About, Maybe

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The Footpaths of Justice William O. Douglas: A Legacy of Place

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas served on the Court for 36 years. He wrote more opinions and more dissents than any other Justice. Douglas was described as an invigorating presence on the Court and possessed unusual stamina, an unyielding will, and enormous courage.

Douglas's achievements on and off the Court were astonishing. He was an adventurer, jurist, and environmentalist, whose writings and actions impacted the country for many years. He was also a hiker and climber. He organized hikes and other actions to protect the C&O Canal near Washington, D.C., Olympic Beach and Glacier Peak in Washington State, the Buffalo River in Arkansas, and areas along the Appalachian Trail. He was a prophet, visionary, pioneer, scout, and pathfinder. In reading The Footpaths of Justice William O. Douglas: A Legacy of Place, one accepts Douglas's invitation to hike with him, to visit a place with him...and to join him in a process of discovery and affirmation that is available to a free people in a spacious land.

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Thomas Turner, August 2, 2007 (view all comments by Thomas Turner)
William Orville Douglas was, among many other things, the most fervent environmentalist (by far) ever to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. He was also a great protector of free speech, civil liberties, the right to privacy, civil rights, and other noble causes. In addition, he was a prodigious hiker, having logged thousands upon thousands of miles in all corners of the world, mainly in mountains. This quirky little book is a thumbnail biography for its first third, then a series of essays on, as the title says, the footpaths visited by the justice, filling in details of Douglas?s history and philosophy including, as one chapter has it, ?Hiking as Political Action.? A fine contribution to the literature concerning this admirable man.
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A Legacy of Place
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Hulst, Tom R.
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Lawyers & Judges
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Environmental Conservation & Protection - General
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November 2004
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324
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