Attorney for the Damned
Clarence Darrow in the Courtroom
Weinberg, Arthur (EDT)
Douglas, William O.
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"Clarence Darrow [was] perhaps the most effective courtroom opponent of cant, bigotry, and special privilege that our country has produced. All of Darrow's most celebrated pleas are herein defense of Leopold and Loeb (1924), of Lieutenant Massie (1932), o
BOOK SYNOPSIS
"Clarence Darrow [was] perhaps the most effective courtroom opponent of cant, bigotry, and special privilege that our country has produced. All of Darrow's most celebrated pleas are here—in defense of Leopold and Loeb (1924), of Lieutenant Massie (1932), of Big Bill Haywood (1907), of Thomas Scopes (1925), and of himself for attempted bribery."—The New Yorker
AUTHOR BIO
Arthur Weinberg was the Lloyd Lewis Fellow in American History at the Newberry Library in Chicago at the time of his death in 1989. He was the coauthor, with Lila Weinberg, of The Muckrackers, Verdicts Out of Court, and Clarence Darrow: A Sentimental Rebel, among other books.
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ISBN: 0226136493
ISBN(13-digit): 9780226136493
Dewey Decimal: 349.73
Library of Congress: 88039520
Book Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Language: ENG
Paper Weight (lb): 1.45
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