Darrow, Clarence (1857-1938)
Sometimes reviled for his defense of unpopular people and causes, Clarence Darrow was the most widely known attorney in the United States at the time of his death in 1938....
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Closing Argument in the Leopold and Loeb TrialPublished in 1924
In the late spring of 1924 the nation was shocked by the news of a kidnapping and murder in Chicago, Illinois. Nathan L...
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Clarence Darrow
Born April 18, 1857 (Kinsman, Ohio)Died March 13, 1938 (Chicago, Illinois)
Lawyer
Clarence Darrow was one of the most famous lawyers in U.S. history. Always a strong defender of the un...
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As an American labor lawyer and as a criminal lawyer, Clarence Seward Darrow (1857-1938) helped sharpen debate about the path of American industrialism and about the treatment of individuals in confli...
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Clarence Seward Darrow is one of the most famous attorneys in U.S. history. A complex man, Darrow defended many labor union and political radicals between 1894 and 1914, yet also made enormous fees re...
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Clarence Darrow is best known as the attorney who defended John Thomas Scopes, the schoolteacher brought to trial in 1925 for teaching the theory of evolution in his classroom in Hillsboro, Tennessee....
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In the following review of Farmington, the anonymous critic calls the book "insidiously iconoclastic," noting Darrow's use of point of view and his stark honesty.
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In the following essay, Jezioro discusses the connection of Darrow and H. L. Mencken during the Scopes trial
During the sensational 1925 Scopes "Monkey Trial," H. L. Mencken and Clare...
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In the following review, Shafer offers high praise for Farmington.
Since Mr. Howells's delightful idyll of boyhood, A Boy's Town, there has perhaps been no worthier companion volume t...
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In the following review, Wood calls Crime: Its Cause and Treatment a "remarkable book. "
Mr. Darrow could probably write a book on any subject, provided that he were given a little sp...
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In the following review, Smith lauds the compassion and individuality evident in Darrow's The Story of My Life.
It might be expected that the life of Clarence Darrow would furnish materials ...
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In the following essay, Hynd details Darrow's defense of "hopeless" cases.
The old Criminal Courts Building in Chicago was the habitat of the greatest aggregation of hard-drink...
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In the following essay, Ginger provides an overview of Darrow's life and works.
The career of Clarence Darrow sprawls unpredictably through eight decades of American life. He appeared as def...
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In the following essay, Rahskopf discusses Darrow's speeches and public addresses.
Students of public address are interested in "the American gadfly," as T. V. Smith dubbed Cla...
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In the following essay, Shuman examines naturalistic elements in An Eye for an Eye, in particular as they highlight Darrow's concern for individualism and revolt.
The most renowned criminal ...
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In the following essay, Lessi analyzes the styles of argument used by Darrow and his opponent William Jennings Bryan in the famous Scopes trial
The concept of the speech set offers the critic a sys...
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In a steamy Tennessee courtroom in July 1925, Clarence Darrow seemed to face a setback from which he couldn't save his case. He was there to defend John Scopes, a teacher who made himself a test ca...
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Former media baron Conrad Black says he is confident a jury will clear him of fraud at his upcoming trial in the United States.Black and three other former executives of his Hollinger International...
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Today is Wednesday, April 18, the 108th day of 2007. There are 257 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On April 18, 1906, a devastating earthquake struck San Francisco, followed by r...
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“There is a real generation gap between those around 35 and those around 45,” a 33-year-old partner at a major national law firm said recently. “Older people still have this wei...
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It takes two larger-than-life actors to make "Inherit the Wind" really crackle, and its latest Broadway revival has come up with quite a pair _ Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy.The play, a fic...
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Barack Obama could have lived anywhere. He was born in Hawaii, had family in Kenya, worked in New York and went to school in California and Massachusetts.But he settled here, in a prominent neighbo...
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The Sopranos will air at the same time as the 61st annual Tony Awards ceremony on Sunday, June 10. But I know which one I’ll be watching. Yes, siree! I’ll be tuned...
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"You can't be sure of how the trial will go," said longtime Manhattan civil-rights attorney Ramsey Clark, wagging a long, slender forefinger. "But you could say that if it's properly done, it will ...
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A funny thing has happened on the way to Broadway's perennially busy spring. New plays could provide more excitement during the second half of the 2006-07 season than new musicals, long the engine ...
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Brad Pitt is seriously buff. Angelina Jolie is seriously trashy. And Mr. and Mrs. Smith, the movie famous for the way it broke up his marriage to Jennifer Aniston and launched the Pitt-Jolie team o...
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Darrow, Clarence (1857-1938)
Darrow, Clarence
Clarence Seward Darrow
Clarence Seward Darrow
Clarence (Seward) Darrow
Critical Essay by New York Times Book Review
Fit Lawyer Clarence Darrow Survived In Courtroom
