02813cam a2200433 a 4500 57464 20230410123458.0 061031s2007 nyua b 001 0beng 2006036435 (OCoLC)ocm74965145 DLC DLC BAKER BTCTA GK8 YDXCP C#P JQF BUR IXA NYP XL4 VP@ 9780385510806 0385510802 YDXCP 2416751 AU@ 000041037726 (OCoLC)74965145 n-us--- KF8745.T48 M47 2007 347.73/2634 B 22 Merida, Kevin. Supreme discomfort : the divided soul of Clarence Thomas / Kevin Merida and Michael A. Fletcher. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2007. viii, 422 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Courting venom : being Clarence Thomas -- The Pin Point myth -- The Savannah reality -- Myers, Leola, and Emma -- "Radical" times -- The making of a conservative -- Meteoric rise -- Who lied? -- The aftermath : Thomas's love affair with the right -- Cruel and unusual punishment -- Marshall's footprints -- Inside the court -- Silent justice -- Scalia's clone? -- The quiet, anonymous life -- Expectations. Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-407) and index. Tracks the personal odyssey of perhaps the least understood man in Washington, from his poor childhood in Pin Point and Savannah, Georgia, to his educational experiences in a Catholic seminary and Holy Cross, to his law school years at Yale during the Black Power era, to his rise within the Republican political establishment. It offers a window into a man who straddles two different worlds and is uneasy in both--and whose divided personality and conservative political philosophy will deeply influence American life for years to come. This book originated from a profile of Clarence Thomas that appeared in The Washington Post Magazine. In it, Merida and Fletcher, both Post staffers, both black, crafted a haunting portrait of an isolated and bitter man, savagely reviled by much of the black community yet not entirely comfortable in white society.--From publisher description. Thomas, Clarence, 1948- Judges United States Biography. United States. Supreme Court Officials and employees Biography. African American judges Biography. Fletcher, Michael A. Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006036435.html Baker & Taylor BKTY 26.95 20.21 0385510802 0006718507 active Baker and Taylor BTCP 2006036435 YBP Library Services YANK 2416751 lcc bk C0 DRFGD 62261 62261 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 3 0 KF8745.T48 M47 2007 00000058984 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk