A religious orgy in Tennessee : a reporter's account of the Scopes monkey trial
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Book
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ISBN 10
1933633174
ISBN 13
9781933633176
DDC
345.73
Category
American Law
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Publication Year
2006
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Pages
xxii, 206 pages
Subject
American General Law
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Abstract
Searing dispatches from the first confrontation between American fundamentalism and science that so galvanized the nationi they inspired the hit play and movie Inherit the Wind. With the rise of "intelligent design," H.L. Mencken's legendary coverage of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial - collected here for the first time as a single volume - has never seemed more timely ... or timeless. -- Book Cover.
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Content:
Introduction / Art Winslow -- The Tennessee circus -- Homo Neanderthalensis -- In Tennessee -- Mencken finds Daytonians full of sickening doubts about value of publicity -- Impossibility of obtaining fair jury insures Scopes' conviction, says Mencken -- Mencken likens trial to a religious orgy, with defendant a Beelzebub -- Yearning mountaineers' souls need reconversion nightly, Mencken finds -- Darrow's eloquent appeal wasted on ears that heed only Bryan, says Mencken -- Law and freedom, Mencken discovers, yield place to holy writ in Rhea County -- Mencken declares strictly fair trial is beyond ken of Tennessee fundamentalists -- Malone the victor, even though court sides with opponents, says Mencken -- Battle now over, Mencken sees : Genesis triumphant and ready for new jousts -- Tennessee in the frying pan -- Bryan -- Round two -- Aftermath -- To expose a fool.
Introduction / Art Winslow -- The Tennessee circus -- Homo Neanderthalensis -- In Tennessee -- Mencken finds Daytonians full of sickening doubts about value of publicity -- Impossibility of obtaining fair jury insures Scopes' conviction, says Mencken -- Mencken likens trial to a religious orgy, with defendant a Beelzebub -- Yearning mountaineers' souls need reconversion nightly, Mencken finds -- Darrow's eloquent appeal wasted on ears that heed only Bryan, says Mencken -- Law and freedom, Mencken discovers, yield place to holy writ in Rhea County -- Mencken declares strictly fair trial is beyond ken of Tennessee fundamentalists -- Malone the victor, even though court sides with opponents, says Mencken -- Battle now over, Mencken sees : Genesis triumphant and ready for new jousts -- Tennessee in the frying pan -- Bryan -- Round two -- Aftermath -- To expose a fool.
Biblio Notes
Articles originally published in The Baltimore Sun, The Nation, or The American Mercury.
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