LEADER 00000cam 22000004a 4500 001 ocn232978214 003 OCoLC 005 20090630010010.0 008 081124t20092009nyuaf b 001 0beng 010 2008051237 020 9780061161490 020 0061161497 035 (OCoLC)232978214 040 DLC|beng|cDLC|dYDX|dBTCTA|dBAKER|dYDXCP|dIH9|dCDX 043 n-us--- 049 WHPP 050 00 KF373.D35|bM38 2009 082 14 340.092|aB|222 100 1 McRae, Donald,|d1961- 245 14 The last trials of Clarence Darrow /|cDonald McRae. 250 First edition. 264 1 New York, NY :|bWilliam Morrow,|c[2009] 264 4 |c©2009 300 viii, 422 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations ;|c24 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages [365]-410) and index. 505 0 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. 520 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. 600 10 Darrow, Clarence,|d1857-1938. 650 0 Lawyers|zUnited States|vBiography. 914 FARM131330 938 Baker and Taylor|bBTCP|nBK0007850369 938 Baker & Taylor|bBKTY|c25.95|d19.46|i0061161497|n0007850369 |sactive 938 YBP Library Services|bYANK|n2874361 938 Coutts Information Services|bCOUT|n8453621 994 02|bWHP
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