BENCH AND BAR OF WEST VIRGINIAAtkinson, Geo. W.Item #: 66075 Pages: xxvii, 543 pp. Published: Charleston; Virginia Law Book Co.; Reprinted in 2008. Subjects: BAR ASSOCIATIONS, LEGAL HISTORY, STATE LAW Reprint of the sole edition. Bar histories are valuablecompendia of information that is often impossible to find inany other source. Atkinson says his goal was to "sum up thelegal lifework of the best known and most prominent membersof the Bar of West Virginia" without "flattery, adulationand comparison of one with another, or of any one againstthe rest" (v). He fulfilled this aim admirably. Theprofessional and personal lives of his subject are describedwith great skill. Atkinson had the advantage of working at atime when many of the West Virginia Bar's founding memberswere still alive.Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc. Please contact us to request purchasing information. |