In the clutches of the law [[electronic resource] ] : Clarence Darrow's letters / / Edited by Randall Tietjen
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| Author: |
Darrow Clarence <1857-1938.>
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| Title: |
In the clutches of the law [[electronic resource] ] : Clarence Darrow's letters / / Edited by Randall Tietjen
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| Publisher: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
| Physical description: | 1 online resource (622 p.) |
| Dewey: | 340.092 |
| B | |
| Topical subject: | Lawyers - United States |
| Uncontrolled subject: | 20th century |
| attorney | |
| biographical sketches | |
| biographical | |
| cagey lawyer | |
| career | |
| courtroom lawyer | |
| crime and punishment | |
| criminal investigation | |
| engaging | |
| gifted writer | |
| historical | |
| history | |
| important individuals | |
| judge and jury | |
| letters and correspondence | |
| letters collection | |
| letters | |
| lifetime | |
| literary letters | |
| litigation | |
| lively | |
| page turner | |
| personal letters | |
| realistic | |
| retrospective | |
| revealing passages | |
| scholarly edition | |
| underrated philosopher | |
| united states | |
| us history | |
| Other authors: |
TietjenRandall <1961-> (Randall Matthew)
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| General notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Bibliography note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted content note: | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHRONOLOGY OF DARROW'S LIFE -- BEFORE 1890 -- 1890-1894 -- 1895-1899 -- 1900-1904 -- 1905-1909 -- 1910-1914 -- 1915-1919 -- 1920-1924 -- 1925-1929 -- 1930-1934 -- AFTER 1934 -- BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER -- INDEX |
| Summary, etc: | This volume presents a selection of 500 letters by Clarence Darrow, the pre-eminent courtroom lawyer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Randall Tietjen selected these letters from over 2,200 letters in archives around the country, as well as from one remarkable find-the kind of thing historians dream about: a cache of about 330 letters by Darrow hidden away in the basement of Darrow's granddaughter's house. This collection provides the first scholarly edition of Darrow's letters, expertly annotated and including a large amount of previously unknown material and hard-to-locate letters. Because Darrow was a gifted writer and led a fascinating life, the letters are a delight to read. This volume also presents a major introduction by the editor, along with a chronology of Darrow's life, and brief biographical sketches of the important individuals who appear in the letters. |
| Preferred title for the work: | In the clutches of the law |
| ISBN: | 0-520-95458-0 |
| Format: | Language material  |
| Bibliographic level | Monograph |
| Language: | English |
| Record Nr.: | 9910786994503321 |
| You will find it: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Check copies here |