
- 320 pages
- English
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The Trial of the Century
About this book
A "masterful" ( The American Spectator ) history of the iconic attorney Clarence Darrow and the famous Scopes Monkey Trial, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Russia Hoax and Witch Hunt. 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. Expertly researched, "colorful, and dramatic" ( Publishers Weekly ), The Trial of the Century calls upon our past to unite Americans in the defense of the free exchange of ideas, especially in this divided time.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Preface: Discovering Darrow and the âTrial of the Centuryâ
- Chapter 1: âHell Is Going to Pop Nowâ
- Chapter 2: Champion of the Underdog
- Chapter 3: âA Passion for Lost Causesâ
- Chapter 4: âA Town of Hopes and Nightmaresâ
- Chapter 5: The Crusade against Teaching Evolution
- Chapter 6: âWeâve Just Arrested a Man for Teaching Evolutionâ
- Chapter 7: âAn Ordinary Young Man Comes to Daytonâ
- Chapter 8: âThe Principles of Our Government and the Principles of Christian Faithâ
- Chapter 9: âI Want Darrowâ
- Chapter 10: The Circus Comes to Dayton
- Chapter 11: Darrow in the Lionâs Den
- Chapter 12: The Prosecution Makes Its Case
- Chapter 13: âAre We Entitled to Show What Evolution Is?â
- Chapter 14: The Ruling on Expert Witnesses
- Chapter 15: âI Havenât Gotten Through with Him Yetâ
- Chapter 16: âHe Was Not, for God Took Himâ
- Chapter 17: âYou Can Only Be Free If I Am Freeâ
- Epilogue: Speaking Freely and Unafraid
- Photographs
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Notes
- Index
- Copyright