The Great Trials of Clarence Darrow : The Landmark Cases of Leopold and Loeb, John T. Scopes, and Ossian Sweet

Wonderfully evocative Donald McRae captures the Great Defender in all his complexity.... A joy to read. Kevin Boyle, National Book Award-winning author of Arc of Justice

"Astonishingly vivid." James Tobin, Award-winning author of Ernie Pyles War

The story of the three dramatic trials that resurrected the life and career of Americas most colorfuland controversialdefense attorney: Clarence Darrow. Many books, plays, and movies have covered Darrow and the trials of Leopold and Loeb, John T. Scopes, and Ossian Sweet before: Geoffrey Cowans The People v. Clarence Darrow; Simon Baatzs For the Thrill of It; Kevin Boyles Arc of Justice; Meyer Levins Compulsion and the film adaptation of the same name; Inherit the Wind; but few, if any, have achieved the intimacy and immediacy of Donald McRaes The Great Trials of Clarence Darrow.