The Partisan: The Life of William Rehnquist

by John A. Jenkins

Book Overview

As a young lawyer practicing in Arizona, far from the political center of the country, William Hubbs Rehnquist's iconoclasm made him a darling of Goldwater Republicans. He was brash and articulate. Although he was unquestionably ambitious and extraordinarily self-confident, his journey to Washington required a mixture of good-old-boy connections and rank good fortune. An outsider and often lone dissenter on his arrival, Rehnquist outlasted the liberal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1586488872
• ISBN13: 9781586488871
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.2"