by Clarence Darrow (Author), Lila Weinberg (Editor), Arthur Weinberg (Editor)

To influence a broader audience beyond the field of law, Clarence Darrow turned to writing -- essays, debates, fiction. Through his observations on such social issues as race, revolution, labor, divorce, crime, war, and religion, and his estimates of men and women, Darrow became the attorney for the public conscience. His beliefs, delivered with an urbane blending of wit, lawyer's logic, satire, and sentiment, remain a part of our continuing social philosophy. They are amply illustrated in this superb collection.

Author Biography

Arthur and Lila Weinberg are also the authors of Attorney for the Damned, The Muckrakers, Instead of Violence, Passport to Utopia, and Clarence Darrow: Sentimental Rebel. They live and work in Chicago where Mr. Weinberg is Lloyd Lewis Fellow in American History at the Newberry Library and Mrs. Weinberg is senior editor at the University of Chicago Press.