Clarence Darrow for the defense / a biography by Irving Stone.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Jack and Susan Davis Rare Book Collection.
Main Author: Stone, Irving, 1903-1989
Language:English
Published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Doran & company, inc., 1941.
Series:Jack and Susan Davis Rare Book Collection.
Subjects:
Darrow, Clarence, > 1857-1938.
Lawyers > United States > Biography.
Biography.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
Ownership and Custodial History:
MSU: Presentation inscription on recto of front free endpaper: "Wm J. Jerome III with best wishes [...] Aunt Susan, Xmas '41"
Local Note:
MSU: Gift of Jack and Susan Davis.
MSU: In dust jacket.
MSU: The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it.
Physical Description:xi pages, 1 leaf, 570 pages : frontispiece (portrait) ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Prologue: a lawyer comes of age
  • What goes into the making of an American?
  • A liberal gets a liberal education
  • Darrow sprinkles salt on the tail of truth
  • Who's a criminal?
  • "Let me speak for the children of the poor"
  • Can a lawyer be an honest man?
  • Who will prosecute the prosecution?
  • This is war!
  • Prisoner's dock
  • In defense of the indefensible
  • Even the rich have rights!
  • "Your old man's a monkey!"
  • Road to glory.