{"product_id":"thurman-arnold-a-biography","title":"Thurman Arnold: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003eThurman Arnold (1891-1969) was a major iconoclast of American law and a great liberal of the 20th century. In this first biography of Arnold  Spencer Weber Waller traces Arnolds life from his birth in Laramie  Wyoming  and explores how his western upbringing influenced his distinctive views about law and power. After studying at Princeton and Harvard Law School  Arnold practiced law in Chicago  served in World War I  and eventually returned to Laramie  where he was a prominent practitioner  mayor  and state legislator in the 1920s. As the rise of national corporations began to destroy the local businesses that were the core of his legal practice  Arnold turned from the courtroom to the academy  most notably at Yale Law School  where he became one of the leading spokesmen for the legal realism movement. Arnolds work attracted the attention of Franklin Roosevelt  who appointed him to head the Antitrust Division during the New Deal. He went on to establish Arnold  Fortas \u0026amp; Porter  which became the epitome of the modern Washington  DC law firm  and defended pro-bono hundreds of clients accused of Communist sympathies during the McCarthy era. One of the few individuals who shaped 20th century American law in so many of its facets  Arnolds biography is long overdue  and Waller honors his life and legacy with a book that is both vividly narrated and extensively researched.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44983678697525,"sku":"ByrdShop_0814793924","price":54.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780814793923.jpg?v=1770805839","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/thurman-arnold-a-biography","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}