1944 "Yankee From Olympus" - Justice Holmes Family

YANKEE FROM OLYMPUS, JUSTICE HOLMES AND HIS FAMILY BY CATHERINE DRINKER BOWEN. COPYRIGHT, 1943, 1944, BY CATHERINE DRINKER BOWEN. AN ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOOK. LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY. MEASURES APPROX. 5 3/4" X 8 3/4" WITH 475 PAGES.

THIS BOOK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH TIGHT AND CLEAN, WRITING AND TEAR-FREE PAGES. TIGHT BINDING AND SPINE WITH VERY LITTLE WEAR TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BOOK. EDGES AND CORNERS NO NOTICABLE WEAR, SPINE 100% COMPLETE WITH JUST SOME MODERATE FADING. CLOTH BOARDS LOOK GREAT WITH A GOLD DESIGN ON THE FRONT AND GOLD WRITING ON THE SPINE. THE OPENING FOREWORD PAGE BEGINS:

"THE STORY OF JUSTICE OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES IS THE STORY OF HIS COUNTRY. THE NARRATIVE CANNOT BEGIN WITH THE FLAT DATE OF HIS BIRTH--1841. THIS WAS A MAN WHOSE PRESENCE CARRIED TRADITION. EVERYONE WHO MET HIM FELT IT, AND IT WAS NOT OPPRESSIVE BUT INSPIRING. OVER HIS SHOULDER ONE GLIMPSED SOMEHOW HIS ANCESTORS. HIS ROOTS REACHED DEEP INTO AMERICAN EARTH; IT WAS THE STRENGTH OF THESE ROOTS THE PERMITTED SO SPLENDID A FLOWERING".

8 PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS AFTER PAGE 204:

1) JUSTICE HOLMES FROM AN ETCHING BY SALLY TATE;

2) ABIEL HOLMES FROM A PORTRAIT BY EDWARD SAVAGE PROBABLY PAINTED IN 1795;

3) DR. HOLMES;

4) THE HOLMES CHILDREN, THE GAMBREL-ROOFED HOUSE IN CAMBRIDGE;

5) FANNY DIXWELL AT SEVENTEEN READING TO FIVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS;

6) OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR. AT THE TIME OF HIS GRADUATION FROM HARVARD IN 1861;

7) CAPTAIN OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR.;

8) JUSTICE HOLMES ABOUT 1890.