
Clarence Darrow
Attorney for the Damned
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Narrado por:
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Danny Campbell
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John A. Farrell
Clarence Darrow is the lawyer every law school student dreams of being: on the side of right, loved by many women, played by Spencer Tracy in Inherit the Wind. His days-long closing arguments delivered without notes won miraculous reprieves for men doomed to hang.
Darrow left a promising career as a railroad lawyer during the tumultuous Gilded Age in order to champion poor workers, blacks, and social and political outcasts against big business, Jim Crow, and corrupt officials. He became famous defending union leader Eugene Debs in the landmark Pullman Strike case and went from one headline case to the next-until he was nearly crushed by an indictment for bribing a jury. He redeemed himself in Dayton, Tennessee, defending schoolteacher John Scopes in the “Monkey Trial,” cementing his place in history.
Now, John A. Farrell draws on previously unpublished correspondence and memoirs to offer a candid account of Darrow's divorce, affairs, and disastrous finances; new details of his feud with his law partner, the famous poet Edgar Lee Masters; a shocking disclosure about one of his most controversial cases; and explosive revelations of shady tactics he used in his own trial for bribery.
Clarence Darrow is a sweeping, surprising portrait of a legendary legal mind.
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Fascinating march through history
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The Champion of the poor
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Didn't really enjoy the reader's voice
OK - not great
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Farrell shows Darrow as one above a crowd of 19th century humanists because of a bed-rock belief that no higher authority has the right to murder another. Though Darrow never finishes college, he is shown as a man with an excellent memory, exceptional oratorical skill, and a prescient understanding of human nature. On the road to “Esquiredom”, Darrow–a literary omnivore, reads and quotes the lions of literature.
Darrow believes all human beings, by nature, are flawed and capable of minor and/or major transgressions. Because of Darrow’s view of human nature, he earned a reputation for defending the poor and powerless; representing heinous murderers, reviled minorities, divorcing wives, and indigent families. Whether guilty or innocent, Darrow defended the accused. He charged the highest rates for those who could afford it, and charged as little as possible for those with limited resources. Farrell shows Darrow on the right side of history, supporting union movements and civil rights for Negroes and women when both are anathema to most government and business leaders.
This is an excellent biography; well narrated by Danny Campbell. Farrell shows Darrow to be a flawed hero that helped turn the tide of capitalist greed and American’ discrimination; both of which are battles still raging in the 21st century.
CLARENCE DARROW
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Wonderful book, fantastic narrator
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Very good
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Clarence Darrow
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The story of the good, and the evil done by Mr. Darrow, is presented in detail.
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Interesting life and story.
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One of my favorite books!
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