Bibliograph

The trial of the century, Gregg Jarrett, with Don Yaeger

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The trial of the century, Gregg Jarrett, with Don Yaeger

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The trial of the century

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1379316950

Responsibility statement

Gregg Jarrett, with Don Yaeger

Summary

Meticulously researched, this comprehensive history of the famed liberal attorney Clarence Darrow's defense of John Scopes in a blockbuster legal proceeding that caught the attention of the nation calls upon our past to unite Americans in the defense of the free exchange of ideas

Table Of Contents

"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

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