There has been much written about Clarence Darrow, but nothing gives quite the full flavor of the man as does this work which contains addresses which he delivered to juries in criminal cases. Here is Darrow in the raw, as fresh as the day he spoke them. In addition, there are speeches on controversial people and subjects. Throughout each of them runs a common thread...his antagonism toward bigotry, prejudice, ignorance, and hate.

"Nearly a century ago, famed liberal attorney Clarence Darrow defended schoolteacher John Scopes in a blockbuster legal proceeding that brought the attention of the entire country to the small town of Dayton, Tennessee. Darrow's seminal defense of freedom of speech helped form the legal bedrock on which our civil liberties depend today. Expertly researched, eye-opening, and stirring, The Trial of the Century calls upon our past to unite Americans...

"Clarence Darrow is the most celebrated criminal trial lawyer in American history. In the Spring of 1911, organized labor implored Darrow to represent the McNamara brothers, two union iron workers charged with the murder of twenty employees arising out of the bombing of the Los Angeles Times building. Darrow and his wife Ruby's trip west quickly became a fight for survival. After Darrow negotiated a plea bargain for the McNamaras with the help of...