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Donald McRae

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Description:Courtrooms have been dramatic settings 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 & staggering conceit collided at all turns with an unrivaled eloquence & humanism. Darrow had been one of the most revered lawyers in the country, but in 1924 his reputation was still clouded after a narrow escape from a charge of jury tampering in LA. Aged 67 he thought his life & career were almost over, until he was offered an impossible assignment: the defense of the teenage "thrill killers" Nathan Leopold & Richard Loeb. He then went on to earn even more international acclaim in two other groundbreaking cases: a classic standoff against Wm Jennings Bryan in the Tennessee Scopes Monkey Trial & the Ossian Sweet murder trial in Detroit. Throughout two crammed years, this lion of the court held the Western world in awe as he tackled these three starkly different, history-making cases, each in turn dubbed "the Trial of the Century." But these trials, important as they were, were not the only events that helped rejuvenate him & seal his courtroom legacy. There was also his enduring relationship with Mary Field Parton, his soulmate, a woman whose role toward the end of his career was larger than many have realized. With new research, including her private journals & letters, The Last Trials of Clarence Darrow is an intimate depiction of this American icon, one of the greatest lawyers the country has ever seen.Back in the loopTangled togetherDarrow on trialThe bridge of sighs Beyond good & evilCourtroom whispersThe book of love The pinch hitter & the politician Hellfire preachers & biology teachersMonkey business A duel to the deathDarkness in DetroitBittersweet bluesA peculiar fearSweet again Slipping awayWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Last Trials of Clarence Darrow: An Intimate Portrait of the Leopold & Loeb, Scopes, and Sweet Cases. To get started finding The Last Trials of Clarence Darrow: An Intimate Portrait of the Leopold & Loeb, Scopes, and Sweet Cases, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Courtrooms have been dramatic settings 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 & staggering conceit collided at all turns with an unrivaled eloquence & humanism. Darrow had been one of the most revered lawyers in the country, but in 1924 his reputation was still clouded after a narrow escape from a charge of jury tampering in LA. Aged 67 he thought his life & career were almost over, until he was offered an impossible assignment: the defense of the teenage "thrill killers" Nathan Leopold & Richard Loeb. He then went on to earn even more international acclaim in two other groundbreaking cases: a classic standoff against Wm Jennings Bryan in the Tennessee Scopes Monkey Trial & the Ossian Sweet murder trial in Detroit. Throughout two crammed years, this lion of the court held the Western world in awe as he tackled these three starkly different, history-making cases, each in turn dubbed "the Trial of the Century." But these trials, important as they were, were not the only events that helped rejuvenate him & seal his courtroom legacy. There was also his enduring relationship with Mary Field Parton, his soulmate, a woman whose role toward the end of his career was larger than many have realized. With new research, including her private journals & letters, The Last Trials of Clarence Darrow is an intimate depiction of this American icon, one of the greatest lawyers the country has ever seen.Back in the loopTangled togetherDarrow on trialThe bridge of sighs Beyond good & evilCourtroom whispersThe book of love The pinch hitter & the politician Hellfire preachers & biology teachersMonkey business A duel to the deathDarkness in DetroitBittersweet bluesA peculiar fearSweet again Slipping awayWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Last Trials of Clarence Darrow: An Intimate Portrait of the Leopold & Loeb, Scopes, and Sweet Cases. To get started finding The Last Trials of Clarence Darrow: An Intimate Portrait of the Leopold & Loeb, Scopes, and Sweet Cases, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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