attorney for the damned Farrell, John A. (John Aloysius) 1953- creator text bibliography Biographies. nyu New York Vintage Books 2012 1st Vintage books edition monographic eng

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x, 561, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm. Clarence Darrow is the lawyer every law school student dreams of being: on the side of right, loved by many women, portrayed by Spencer Tracy. His days-long closing arguments, delivered without notes, won miraculous reprieves. Darrow left a promising career as a railroad lawyer during the tumultuous Gilded Age in order to champion poor workers, blacks, and social and political outcasts against big business, Jim Crow, and corrupt officials. He became famous defending union leader Eugene V. Debs in the landmark Pullman Strike case and went from one headline case to the next--until he was nearly crushed by an indictment for bribing a jury. He redeemed himself defending schoolteacher John Scopes in the "Monkey Trial," cementing his place in history. Journalist John A. Farrell draws on previously unpublished correspondence and memoirs to offer a candid account of Darrow's divorce, affairs, feuds, tactics, and controversies.--From publisher description Rebellions -- Chicago -- Prendergast -- Populists -- Free love -- Labor's lawyer -- Ruby, Ed, and Citizen Hearst -- Industrial warfare -- Big bill -- Frailties -- Los Angeles -- Gethsemane -- The second trial -- Grief and resurrection -- Red scare -- All that jazz -- Loeb and Leopold -- The monkey trial -- Sweet -- Crashing -- Closing. John A. Farrell. Includes bibliographical references (pages [473]-541) and index. n-us--- Darrow, Clarence 1857-1938 Darrow, Clarence Seward 1857-1938 Lawyers United States Biography Abogados Estados Unidos Biografías B KF 373 D225F 2012 9780767927598 (pbk.) 0767927591 (pbk.) 2010046273 DLC 101028 20260219120019.0 16522252 eng