Literary Library

Richard Henry Dana

by Angela Beck
August 1, 1815 - January 6, 1882American lawyer, politician and writerAuthor of "Two Years Before the Mast", "To Cuba and Back" and ""A Tribute to...
Attorney Govern Government Law Lawyer Political Politician Writer

Leo Pfeffer

by Angela Beck
December 25, 1910 - June 4, 1993American lawyer, constitutional scholar, humanist and scholarAuthor of "God, Caesar and the Constitution: The Court...
Church Church-State Constitution Constitutional Scholar Humanist Law Lawyer Religion Scholar Supreme Court

Sidney Shapiro

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1915 - October 18, 2014American-born Chinese lawyer, translator, actor and writerAuthor of "An American in China: Thirty Years in the...
Acting Actor China Chinese Chinese-American Law Lawyer Translator Writer

Edip Yuksel

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1957 - Kurdish-American activist and writer of books on religion, politics, philosophy and lawAuthor of 20 books including "Manifesto...
Activist Islam Islamic Kurd Kurdish Kurds Law Lawyer Nonfiction Philosopher Philosophy Political Politics Quran Religion Religious Writer

Austin Abbott

by Angela Beck
December 18, 1931 - April 19, 1896American lawyer, academic and writerAuthor of "Reports of Practice Cases Determined in the Courts of the State o...
Academic Henry Ward Beecher James Garfield Law Lawyer President Garfield Writer

Scott Pratt

by Angela Beck
December 16, 1956 - November 11, 2018American lawyer and crime novelistAuthor of "An Innocent Client", "Reasonable Fear" and "Justice Redeemed"
Crime Law Lawyer Novel Novelist

Barr McClellan

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1939 - American entrepreneur, lawyer, lobbyist and authorAuthor of "Blood, Money & Power: How L. B. J. Killed J. F. K." and "The V...
Author Entrepreneur JFK John F. Kennedy Kennedy Law Lawyer Lobbyist President Kennedy The Kennedys

Ayelet Waldman

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1964 - Israeli-American novelist, essayist and lawyerAuthor of the "Mommy-Track" mystery series as well as "Love and Other Impossible...
Essayist Essays Israel Israeli Israeli-American Law Lawyer Mystery Mystery Writer Novel Novelist

Samuel W. Allen

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1917 - June 27, 2015African-American writer, literary scholar, lawyer and professorAuthor of "Ivory Tusks", "Negritude and Its Relevanc...
African American Law Lawyer Literacy Literary Scholar Professor Teach Teacher University Writer

Henry Timrod

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1828 - October 7, 1867American poet, lawyer, teacher, editor and correspondentHis poems include "Katie", "Ethnogenesis", "A Call to Ar...
American South Confederacy Correspondent Editor Law Lawyer Poem Poems Poet Poetry School South South Carolina Southern Southern History Teach Teacher

William K. Black

by Angela Beck
September 6, 1951 - American lawyer, academic and authorAuthor of "The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politici...
Academic Author Bank Banking Corporate Corporations Finance Financial Law Lawyer Money Political Politician Politics Profit Savings & Loan

Caroline Kennedy

by Angela Beck
November 27, 1957 - American author, attorney and diplomatAuthor of "In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in Action" (co-authored with Ellen Alderma...
Attorney Diplomat JFK John F. Kennedy Kennedy Law Lawyer The Kennedys