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"Clarence Darrow" Author Signed 1st Edition Book Titled: "A Persian Pearl: and Other Essays by Clarence S. Darrow"
CLARENCE DARROW (1857-19380. American lawyer who became famous in the early 20th century for his involvement in the Leopold and Loeb murder trial and the Scopes "Monkey" Trial. He was a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and a prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform.
Called a "sophisticated country lawyer",[1] Darrow's wit and eloquence made him one of the most prominent attorneys and civil libertarians in the nation.[2] He defended high-profile clients in many famous trials of the early 20th century, including teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb for murdering 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks (1924); teacher John T. Scopes in the Scopes "Monkey" Trial (1925), in which he opposed statesman and orator William Jennings Bryan; and Ossian Sweet in a racially charged self-defense case (1926).
"Copyright 1899 - Clarence S. Darrow" red stamp on the fore page, Book Signed "Clarence Darrow", 6" x 9", 175 pages, Fine or better. "Clarence Darrow" boldly signed limited edition page of his First Edition of his first book, copy No. 731 of 980 titled: "A Persian Pearl: and Other Essays by Clarence S. Darrow". Green Suede Leather covers with embossed and gold gilt title with decorations, heavy special paper with most pages with deckled edge untrimmed. Fully intact sewn at the spine with some separating at the cover. Several other clearly written signatures also present below, and on the final page, as shown. A clean lightly used copy, internally crisp and sound with red and black printed text and devices. We note that a dealer is offering just the Signed Page, removed from a copy of this book for $1,600. This Signed complete book being vastly more desireable and rarely available.
Called a "sophisticated country lawyer", Clarence Darrow's wit and eloquence made him one of the most prominent attorneys and civil libertarians in the nation. He defended high-profile clients in many famous trials of the early 20th century, including teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb for murdering 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks (1924); teacher John T. Scopes in the Scopes "Monkey" Trial (1925), in which he opposed statesman and orator William Jennings Bryan; and Ossian Sweet in a racially charged self-defense case (1926).
Attorney CLARENCE DARROW (1857-1938), who specialized in corporate law, shot to fame in 1894, five years before this book was published, when he defended American Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs, President of the American Railroad Union, arrested on a federal contempt of court charge arising from a strike at the Chicago Pullman Palace Car Company. Although Darrow lost the case, he won a national reputation as a champion of radical causes.
A brilliant orator and a master of reforming the law, framing pleas and eliciting evidence, he became one of America's most renowned defense lawyers, and he used his position to campaign against capital punishment. In his sixties, Darrow successfully defended Leopold and Loeb (1924) in getting life imprisonment instead of death for kidnapping and killing a 13-year-old boy. In 1925, he defended John T. Scopes, accused of violating a Tennessee law by teaching evolution, in the "Scopes Monkey Trial".
Darrow's autobiography, "The Story of My Life", was published in 1932.
KEYWORDS:
Monkey Trial, Scopes Trial,