Clarence Darrow for the Defense
by Irving Stone, [Clarence Darrow]
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Author: [Clarence Darrow], Irving StoneEdition: Paperback
Published: 1958
ISBN: N/A
Publisher: bantam
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Book Review: Readable, Informative look at Great Attorney
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a nicely readable, informative look at the life of attorney Clarence Darrow (1856-1938). Darrow left his well-paying job as attorney for the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad to defend socialist labor leader Eugene Debs in the aftermath of Chicago's 1894 Pullman strike. As readers see, Darrow would then spend the next four decades defending other outcasts and unpopular causes. Darrow would defend labor activists and strikers, millionaire killers Leopold and Loeb, racial integration in Detroit (the Sweet Case), and the teaching of Evolution in Tennessee (Scopes Monkey trial). His opponents would include not only prosecutors, but law makers, ex-Presidential candidates like William Jennings Bryan, and very often enraged public opinion. Readers see how Darrow combined shrewd legal strategy with superb ability to question and cross-examine witnesses. Of course, he was also recognized as among the greatest courtroom orators ever - Chicagoans fought to get courtroom seats for his summation in the Leopold and Loeb case. Darrow would also twice stand trial in Los Angeles, charged with jury tampering from the McNamara case - he was acquitted but left shaken by the experience. All is here in this interesting if slightly dated book written shortly after his passing.
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