Darrow : A Biography by Kevin Tierney (1979, Hardcover)
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Darrow : A Biography by Kevin Tierney (1979, Hardcover). Year: 1979. Format: Hardcover with a dust jacket. Here is the first major biography of the legendary courtroom firebrand since Irving Stone's 1941 best seller, Clarence Darrow for the Defense. Based on extensive new research and unpublished correspondence, Kevin Tierney's Darrow: A Biography presents a fresh, complex portrait of a towering figure in American history. Sweeping in scope and penetrating in its insights, the book traces Clarence Seward Darrow's rise from obscurity to fame and notoriety, laying bare the truth about a man who encouraged myths to grow around himself. During a lifetime (1857-1938) that coincided with America's coming of age, Clarence Darrow was a focus for radical ideals and was at the center of many causes célèbres. Writer, social reformer, lawyer, and politician, he fought for unions, advancement of the blacks, and redistribution of wealth, and against the "trusts." A poor boy of limited formal education who achieved great intellectual distinction in adult life, an idealist, and above all a public figure who struggled to maintain his independence until the end, Darrow is the very personification of the American hero. ✨About✨ Year: 1979 Publisher: Tomas Y Crowell Publishers Length: 148 Pages Format: Hardcover with a dust jacket Size: 9.5*6.5*2
