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Scopes Trial: Photographic History
Edward Caudill
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Description for Scopes Trial: Photographic History
Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJCR; HBJK; LAZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 256 x 8. Weight in Grams: 308.
It was a big story in a small place. During the summer of 1925, the tiny hamlet of Dayton, Tennessee, became the setting for one of the most controversial trials in American history. In a move designed partly as a publicity scheme and partly as a means to test a newly enacted anti-evolution law, a young teacher named John Thomas Scopes agreed to be arrested for teaching Darwin’s theory of natural selection in the public schools. The resulting courtroom showdown pitted Clarence Darrow, the brilliant trial lawyer and self-proclaimed agnostic, against Williams Jennings Bryan, three-time presidential candidate and fundamentalist Christian. ... Read more
It was a big story in a small place. During the summer of 1925, the tiny hamlet of Dayton, Tennessee, became the setting for one of the most controversial trials in American history. In a move designed partly as a publicity scheme and partly as a means to test a newly enacted anti-evolution law, a young teacher named John Thomas Scopes agreed to be arrested for teaching Darwin’s theory of natural selection in the public schools. The resulting courtroom showdown pitted Clarence Darrow, the brilliant trial lawyer and self-proclaimed agnostic, against Williams Jennings Bryan, three-time presidential candidate and fundamentalist Christian. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Univ Tennessee Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781572330818
SKU
V9781572330818
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99-40
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