Go East, Young Man

E120306

autobiographical memoir book non-fiction work

"Go East, Young Man" is the autobiographical memoir of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, recounting his early life and rise to the nation’s highest court.

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Label	Occurrences
Go East, Young Man canonical	4

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	autobiographical memoir ⓘ book ⓘ non-fiction work ⓘ
about	American legal system ⓘ American politics ⓘ Great Depression ⓘ surface form: Great Depression era United States Pacific Northwest ⓘ rise of William O. Douglas to the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
author	William O. Douglas ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describes	William O. Douglas’s academic career ⓘ William O. Douglas’s childhood ⓘ William O. Douglas’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ William O. Douglas’s struggle with illness and poverty ⓘ William O. Douglas’s work in New Deal agencies ⓘ
features	accounts of poverty and hardship in Douglas’s youth ⓘ description of Douglas’s appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ description of Douglas’s education and legal training ⓘ description of Douglas’s path to the federal bench ⓘ personal recollections of William O. Douglas ⓘ
followedBy	The Court Years, 1939–1975 ⓘ
genre	autobiography ⓘ legal memoir ⓘ
hasProtagonist	William O. Douglas ⓘ
hasTitle	Go East, Young Man self-link ⓘ
intendedAudience	general readership ⓘ readers interested in judicial biographies ⓘ readers interested in law and politics ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
mainSubject	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ surface form: U.S. Supreme Court William O. Douglas ⓘ career of William O. Douglas ⓘ early life of William O. Douglas ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person ⓘ
notableFor	depiction of social and economic conditions in early 20th-century America ⓘ detailed account of William O. Douglas’s early life ⓘ insider perspective on the rise of a Supreme Court Justice ⓘ
relatedWork	The Court Years, 1939–1975 ⓘ
setting	Pacific Northwest ⓘ surface form: Pacific Northwest, United States Washington, D.C. ⓘ Yakima ⓘ surface form: Yakima, Washington
timePeriodCovered	Great Depression ⓘ New Deal ⓘ surface form: New Deal era early 20th century ⓘ

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William O. Douglas → notableWork → Go East, Young Man ⓘ

Justice William O. Douglas (in part and dissenting in part) → wrote → Go East, Young Man ⓘ

subject surface form: William O. Douglas

Of Men and Mountains → relatedWorkByAuthor → Go East, Young Man ⓘ

Go East, Young Man → hasTitle → Go East, Young Man self-link ⓘ