Clarence Darrow for the Defense

Download or read book Clarence Darrow for the Defense written by Irving Stone and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Clarence Darrow For the Defense is an 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." -- Raptis Rare Books