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The trial of the century / Gregg Jarrett with Don Yaeger.

Jarrett, Gregg, (author.). Yaeger, Don, (author.).

Summary:

"Nearly a century ago, famed liberal attorney Clarence Darrow defended schoolteacher John Scopes in a blockbuster legal proceeding that brought the attention of the entire country to the small town of Dayton, Tennessee. Darrow's seminal defense of freedom of speech helped form the legal bedrock on which our civil liberties depend today."-- From publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 9781982198572 (hardcover)
Physical Description: xxiii, 280 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First Threshold editions hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Threshold Editions, 2023.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface: Discovering Darrow and the "trial of the century" -- "Hell is going to pop now" -- Champion of the underdog -- "A passion for lost causes" -- "A town of hopes and nightmares" -- The crusade against teaching evolution -- "We've just arrested a man for teaching evolution" -- "An ordinary young man comes to Dayton" -- "The principles of our government and the principles of Christian faith" -- "I want Darrow" -- The circus comes to Dayton -- Darrow in the lion's den -- The prosecution makes its case -- "Are we entitled to show what evolution is?" -- The ruling on expert witnesses -- "I haven't gotten through with him yet" -- "He was not, for God took him" -- "You can only be free if I am free" -- Epilogue: Speaking freely and unafraid.