Clarence Darrow (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Doris Faber
- First Published: 1965
- Time of Work: 1869–1938
- Setting: Ohio, Illinois, Idaho, and Tennessee
- Principal Characters: Clarence Darrow, Amirus Darrow, Jessie Darrow, Eugene V. Debs, John Scopes, William Jennings Bryan, Ruby Darrow
- Genres: Nonfiction, Children’s literature, Biography
- Subjects: Socialism, Trials, Law or legislation, Lawyers, Attorneys, Biography, Strikes or lockouts, Evolution, Courts or courtrooms
- Locales: Ohio, Tennessee, Illinois, Idaho
Form and Content
Clarence Darrow: Defender of the People, a young adult biography enriched by a lively narrative line and several pen-and-ink sketches of Darrow, is Doris Faber’s successful attempt to establish her subject as an authentic American hero and role model. This easy-to-follow account of Darrow’s life begins in Kinsman, Ohio, and then takes young readers to several other locales where he argued major court cases.
At the book’s outset, the reader overhears the first of many conversations between young Clarence and his father, village eccentric...
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