
- 248 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This is the first comprehensive, annotated biography of John Scopes, the famed defendant in the Scopes Monkey Trial. This biography uses new, never-before-published sources, photographs, and stories from untapped sources-John Scopes's family and friends. In 1967, John Scopes published his memoirs, which focused overwhelmingly on his eight-day trial and not on the rest of his life, ignoring several important events, such as his divorce and remarriage, his run for the U.S. Congress, and his challenges with his family. This volume is the first complete, annotated biography of John Scopes. It details his entire life and, where appropriate, those of his parents, siblings, wife, and children, all supported by hundreds of cited sources, quotations, and family stories. Ideal for readers with an interest in academic freedom, free speech, or the evolution-creationism controversy, this book uncovers the facts of Scopes's post-trial life, including the challenges that Scopes faced in his personal life, his conversion from a socialist to a political conservative, and his final years and death. Readers will be surprised to learn that John Scopes's life differed significantly from what has often been presented in the media.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Searching for John Scopes
- Chapter 1: Beginnings
- Chapter 2: Dayton, Coal, Football, and “Coach Scopes”
- Chapter 3: An Interrupted Tennis Match
- Chapter 4: Jockeying for Position
- Chapter 5: John Scopes Goes to Court
- Chapter 6: A “Scared Boy” in Graduate School and the Jungle
- Chapter 7: Marriage, Politics, and a Career
- Chapter 8: Life in Shreveport
- Chapter 9: Embracing Fame
- Chapter 10: Last Days
- Chapter 11: Epilogue
- Appendix 1: The Scopes Family
- Appendix 2: Where John Scopes Lived
- Appendix 3: What John Scopes Published about His Trial
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author