Last Trials of Clarence Darrow

Name: Last Trials of Clarence Darrow
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ISBN: 9780061161490

ISBN-10: 0061161497

ISBN-13: 9780061161490

Edition: 2009

Authors: Donald McRae

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The courtroom has been a dramatic setting for larger-than-life figures throughout history, but few have attained the almost mythical status of Clarence Darrow. A legend in his own time, Variety called him "America's greatest one-man stage draw." Here was a man whose flair for showmanship went hand in hand with a fierce intellect; a man whose shaky moral compass and staggering conceit collided at all turns with an unrivaled eloquence and an overwhelming compassion for humanity.Darrow had been one of the most revered lawyers in the country, but in 1924 his reputation was still clouded after a narrow escape from a charge of jury tampering in Los Angeles. At the age of sixty-seven he thought…

Book details

List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 6/9/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.36" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English




Back in the Loop



Tangled Together



Darrow on Trial



The Bridge of Sighs



Beyond Good and Evil



Courtroom Whispers



The Book of Love



The Pinch Hitter and the Politician



Hellfire Preachers and Biology Teachers



Monkey Business



A Duel to the Death



Darkness in Detroit



Bittersweet Blues



A Peculiar Fear



Sweet Again



Slipping Away


Epilogue: Ghosts


Afterword: Something Personal


Acknowledgments


Notes and Sources


Index