The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox write by John Knox. This book was released on 2004-09. The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "My name will survive as long as man survives, because I am writing the greatest diary that has ever been written. I intend to surpass Pepys as a diarist." When John Frush Knox (1907-1997) wrote these words, he was in the middle of law school, and his attempt at surpassing Pepys—part scrapbook, part social commentary, and part recollection—had already reached 750 pages. His efforts as a chronicler might have landed in a family attic had he not secured an eminent position after graduation as law clerk to Justice James C. McReynolds—arguably one of the most disagreeable justices to sit on the Supreme Court—during the tumultuous year when President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to "pack" the Court with justices who would approve his New Deal agenda. Knox's memoir instead emerges as a record of one of the most fascinating periods in American history. The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox—edited by Dennis J. Hutchinson and David J. Garrow—offers a candid, at times naïve, insider's view of the showdown between Roosevelt and the Court that took place in 1937. At the same time, it marvelously portrays a Washington culture now long gone. Although the new Supreme Court building had been open for a year by the time Knox joined McReynolds' staff, most of the justices continued to work from their homes, each supported by a small staff. Knox, the epitome of the overzealous and officious young man, after landing what he believes to be a dream position, continually fears for his job under the notoriously rude (and nakedly racist) justice. But he soon develops close relationships with the justice's two black servants: Harry Parker, the messenger who does "everything but breathe" for the justice, and Mary Diggs, the maid and cook. Together, they plot and sidestep around their employer's idiosyncrasies to keep the household running while history is made in the Court. A substantial foreword by Dennis Hutchinson and David Garrow sets the stage, and a gallery of period photos of Knox, McReynolds, and other figures of the time gives life to this engaging account, which like no other recaptures life in Washington, D.C., when it was still a genteel southern town.
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WORKS OF JOHN KNOX,. - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook WORKS OF JOHN KNOX,. write by DAVID. LAING. This book was released on 2018. WORKS OF JOHN KNOX,. available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Genealogical Memoirs of John Knox and of the Family of Knox (Classic Reprint)
Genealogical Memoirs of John Knox and of the Family of Knox (Classic Reprint) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Genealogical Memoirs of John Knox and of the Family of Knox (Classic Reprint) write by Charles Rogers. This book was released on 2015-07-27. Genealogical Memoirs of John Knox and of the Family of Knox (Classic Reprint) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Excerpt from Genealogical Memoirs of John Knox and of the Family of Knox All who love liberty and value Protestantism venerate the character of John Knox; no British Reformer is more entitled to the designation of illustrious. By three centuries he anticipated that parochial system of education which has lately become the law of England; by nearly half that period he set forth those principles of civil and religious liberty which culminated in a system of constitutional government. To him Englishmen are indebted for the Protestant character of then "Book of Common Prayer;" Scotsmen for a Reformation so thorough as permanently to resist the encroachments of an ever aggressive sacerdotalism. Knox belonged to a House ancient and respectable; but those bearing his name derive their chiefest lustre from being connected with a race of which he was a member. The family annals presented in these pages reveal not a few of the members exhibiting vast intellectual capacity and moral worth. What follows is the result of wide research and a very extensive correspondence. So many have helped that a catalogue of them would be cumbrous. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Genealogical Memoirs of John Knox and of the Family of Knox
Genealogical Memoirs of John Knox and of the Family of Knox - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Genealogical Memoirs of John Knox and of the Family of Knox write by Charles Rogers. This book was released on 1879. Genealogical Memoirs of John Knox and of the Family of Knox available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
John Knox and John Knox's House (Classic Reprint)
John Knox and John Knox's House (Classic Reprint) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook John Knox and John Knox's House (Classic Reprint) write by Charles John Guthrie. This book was released on 2018-03-20. John Knox and John Knox's House (Classic Reprint) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Excerpt from John Knox and John Knox's House Page 1. John Knox in Sir David Wilkie's Knox dispensing the Sacrament at Calder House, I 556, Frontispiece Vignette Of John Knox's House about the end Of last century. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
