Becoming Justice Blackmun

The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist delivers “a fascinating book . . . a judicial Horatio Alger story and a tale of remarkable transformation” ( The New York Times Book Review ). A New York Times Notable Book of the Year In this acclaimed biography, Linda Greenhouse of The New York Times draws back the curtain on America's most private branch of government, the Supreme Court. Greenhouse was the first print reporter to have access to the extensive archives of Justice Harry A. Blackmun (1908–99)