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The trial of the century / Gregg Jarrett with Don Yaeger.

Jarrett, Gregg, (author.). Yaeger, Don, (author.).

Summary:

In 1925, high school substitue teacher John Scopes was arrested for teaching the science of evolution to his class in violation of Tennesse's Butler Act. The arrest attracted the attention of the ACLU and renowned liberal attorney Clarence Darrow, who agreed to defend the schoolteacher against three-time presidential candidate and ardent anti-evolution activist William Jennings Bryan. The trail that followed became the biggest legal blockbuster of a generation, catapulting the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, into the national spotlight and raising fundamental questions about science and religion in the public square, education, civil rights, and the ever-changing media landscape. Darrow's seminal defense of the freedom of speech helped form the legal bedrock on which our civil liberties depend today. -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781982198572
ISBN: 1982198575
Physical Description: xxiii, 280 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First Threshold Editions hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Threshold Editions, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2023.
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

"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".