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The Biggest Damned Hat : Tales from Alaska's Territorial Lawyers and Judges.
"Alaska history from the days before statehood is rich in stories of colorful characters--prospectors, settlers, heroes, and criminals. And right alongside them were judges and lawyers, working first to establish the rule of law in the territory, then, later, laying the groundwork for statehood...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Fairbanks :
University of Alaska Press,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction; 1. Three Lucky Swedes and One Corrupt Judge; 2. Wickersham Chafes under Eagle's Slow Pace; 3. George Grigsby's Biggest Damned Hat; 4. Becoming Norman Banfield; 5. W.C. Arnold: Territorial Alaska's Most Powerful Lobbyist; 6. Mildred Hermann and Dorothy Haaland: Independent Thinking Women; 7. Hellenthal Chooses Anchorage; 8. Tales of the Silver Fox; 9. Judge George Folta: License to Hunt; 10. Remembering Judge Folta and Ketchikan's Red Light District; 11. Influence and Discipline: Policing Territorial Lawyers; 12. Buell Nesbett: Navigating Territorial Waters.
- 13. Anchorage Lawyers: Creating a Better System14. Rocky Seas: The Great Alaska Court-Bar Fight; 15. Nesbett's Surrogate; 16. Grace Berg Schaible and the Tanana Valley Bar; 17. More Frontier Stories; Afterword; Notes; Index.