{"product_id":"clarence-darrow-attorney-for-the-damned-paperback","title":"Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn A. Farrell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Biography \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe definitive biography of Clarence Darrow, the brilliant, idiosyncratic lawyer who defended John Scopes in the \"Monkey Trial\" and gave voice to the populist masses at the turn of the twentieth century, thus changing American law forever.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Amidst the tumult of the industrial age and the progressive era, Clarence Darrow became America's greatest defense attorney, successfully championing poor workers, blacks, and social and political outcasts, against big business, fundamentalist religion, Jim Crow, and the US government. His courtroom style--a mixture of passion, improvisation, charm, and tactical genius--won miraculous reprieves for men doomed to hang. In Farrell's hands, Darrow is a Byronic figure, a renegade whose commitment to liberty led him to heroic courtroom battles and legal trickery alike.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Aloysius Farrell\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eRichard Nixon: The Life, \u003c\/i\u003e a biography of that most enigmatic 37th president of the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis previous books are\u003ci\u003e Clarence Darrow: Attorney For The Damned, \u003c\/i\u003ea biography of America's greatest defense attorney, and of \u003ci\u003eTip O'Neill and the Democratic Century, \u003c\/i\u003ethe definitive account of House Speaker Thomas P. \"Tip\" O'Neill Jr. and his times. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFarrell is an American journalist and author. He is a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003ePolitico Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, after a prize-winning career as a newspaperman, most notably at \u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe, \u003c\/i\u003e where he worked as White House correspondent and served on the vaunted \u003ci\u003eSpotlight\u003c\/i\u003e team. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis biography of Clarence Darrow was awarded the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e book prize for the best biography of 2011, and won critical praise from reviewers and fellow writers.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.21 x 8.02 x 5.17 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759199289632,"sku":"9780767927598","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/576362e63b58caa815f17e86d27bcd4e.webp?v=1780145196","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/clarence-darrow-attorney-for-the-damned-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}