Allegiance: A Novel- A Conversation with Author Kermit Roosevelt III

LITCHFIELD, Conn. - Aug. 5, 2015 - PRLog -- Allegiance combines the momentum of a top-notch legal thriller with a thoughtful examination of one of the worst civil rights violations in U.S. history.

  When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, “Cash” Harrison was willing to drop out of law school to join the army - until he flunked the physical. Instead, he serves as a clerk to Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black. He and another clerk stumble onto a potential conspiracy involving cases dealing with the constitutionality of the prison camps created to detain Japanese-Americans. When Cash’s colleague dies under mysterious circumstances, the young, idealistic lawyer is determined to get at the truth.

  Kermit Roosevelt, the great-great grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, is a professor of constitutional law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Born in Washington, DC, he attended Harvard University and Yale Law School. Before joining the Penn faculty, he clerked for DC Circuit Judge Stephen F. Williams and Supreme Court Justice David Souter, and practiced law in Chicago. His experiences clerking and practicing law informed his first novel, In the Shadow of the Law.

  This conversation will be moderated by OWL Book Club Liaison Cameron Bove.

  A wine and cheese reception will follow the event. The Hickory Stick Bookshop will provide books for signing and for purchase. All Oliver Wolcott Library events are free and open to the public. Space is limited. Registration is required and can be done by calling 860-567-8030 or logging onto www.owlibrary.org and clicking on Programs/Adult Programs.