Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
viii, 422 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [365]-410) and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Summary |
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. |
Subject |
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938.
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Lawyers -- United States -- Biography.
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ISBN |
9780061161490 |
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0061161497 |
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