Clarence Darrow Limited Edition Signed Copy of "The Story of My Life"

"The Story of My Life" by Clarence Darrow. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. Limited edition, No. 178 of 294 copies. Octavo, xiv, 465pp including an Index. Signed on the limited edition page "Clarence Darrow." Paper-covered boards with gilt titling at the spine. Deckled page edges. The binding is cracked and the spine has become detached so that the front cover is loose. Tape to the spine and top edge. Bumped and worn spine and edges. Toned internal page edges. Boldly signed by Darrow.

With a frontispiece of Darrow, 16 photo plates, and additional illustrations throughout. The book covers Darrow's involvement in high-profile cases such as the Eugene V. Debs case, the McNamara bombing case, Leopold & Loeb murder trial, and the Scopes "Monkey" trial. 

Clarence Seward Darrow (1857-1938) was an American lawyer who became known in the early 20th century for his eloquently presented defense cases. In 1924, Darrow took on the first case that would make his career renowned: that of Leopold and Loeb, two wealthy teenage law students who kidnapped and murdered a 14-year-old boy. As a stark advocate against the use of capital punishment, he presented his clients as mentally unwell in order to gain leniency with the judge. A year later in 1925, Darrow accepted teacher John T. Scopes as a client, who was convicted of breaking Tennessee's Butler Act which stated that, by law, schools could not deny Creationism as the sole evolutionary theory. The trial was highlighted by Darrow calling the trial's prosecutor, William Jennings Bryan, as a witness- questioning him on whether he thought the Bible should be literally interpreted.

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