Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
viii, 422 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-410) and index. |
Contents |
Back in the loop -- Tangled together -- Darrow on trial -- The bridge of sighs -- Beyond good and evil -- Courtroom whispers -- The book of love -- The pinch hitter and the politician -- Hellfire preachers and biology teachers -- Monkey business -- A duel to the death -- Darkness in Detroit -- Bittersweet blues -- A peculiar fear -- Sweet again -- Slipping away. |
Summary |
A profile of the controversial twentieth-century defense attorney is presented through accounts of three of his history-making trials including the defense of a pair of teenage murder suspects, the Scopes Monkey Trial, and the Ossian Sweet murder case in Detroit. |
Subject |
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938.
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Lawyers -- United States -- Biography.
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ISBN |
9780061161490 |
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0061161497 |
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