Adam M. Sowards
Adam M. Sowards is professor of history at the University of Idaho. He has published dozens of articles and chapters on Northwest environmental history and is the author of United States West Coast: An Environmental History (2007) and The Environmental Justice (2009), a biography of William O. Douglas and the editor of Idaho's Place (2014).
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William O. Douglas (1898-1980)
Although he hailed from the State of Washington, William O. Douglas represented the greater Pacific Northwest on the national stage as a U.S. Supreme Court associate justice. As the longest-serving justice in Supreme Court history (1939-1975), Douglas participated in major changes in American politics and society. He was well known for …
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