Clarence Darrow: The Creation of an American Myth

by Clarence Darrow and Richard J. Jensen

He reviled the rich for their cupidity and they found his rhetoric repulsive. Plebians believed him their champion and patricians knew he was their bete noire, remarks Halford Ryan in his eloquent foreword to this definitive survey of Clarence Darrow's development as orator and unique American myth. As a writer, lecturer, debater, and trial lawyer Darrow spoke for the have-nots and cultivated an image of mythic proportions as the underdog's advocate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313259909
• ISBN13: 9780313259906
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"