Wild Bill : the legend and life of William O Douglas / Bruce Allen Murphy.

New York : Random House, 2003.

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Douglas, William O. -- (William Orville), -- 1898-1980.

Legal biography -- United States.

Judges -- United States -- Biography.

Prologue : The legend of Goose Prairie

Part I. Young man Douglas: 1. Julia's "treasure"

2. Orville and the "poor widow lady"

3. Manhood's gate

4. The Yakima apple knocker

5. The crisis

6. Lawyer, aged 37

7. Mr Douglas goes to Yakima

8. Cowboy on a horse

9. Professor Douglas

10. The prince of New Haven

11. The Professor who jumped from nowhere

12. Birth of a legend

13. The bogeyman of Wall Street

14. Showdown on Wall Street

15. The practical administrator

16. The westerner from Connecticut

Part II. Mr Justice Douglas: 17. Young man in an old man's job

18. Choosing sides

19. The almost President

20. Justices at war

21. Second chance

22. Trouble in the mountains

23. Of men and myths

24. The cork's revenge

25. Black and Douglas dissenting

26. Appealing to the conscience of the nation

27. The voice of one

28. Crying in the wilderness

29. Felix's finale

30. Wild Bill

31. Beyond the Bill of Rights

32. A tale of two women

33. Keeper of the conscience

34. Saddle your horses

35. The man in the slouch hat

36. The last new dealer

37. The approximate Mr Justice Douglas

38. A poor old man

39. Alone

Epilogue : Private Douglas.

Includes selected bibliography and index.

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xvii, 716 p.