The last trials of Clarence Darrow
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0061161497
ISBN 13
9780061161490
DDC
340.092
Category
American Law
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Publication Year
2009
Publisher
Pages
viii, 422 pages
Subject
Biography
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Abstract
"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." - Voila
Description
Content:
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.
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.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-410) and index.
Number of Copies
1
