Clarence Darrow
FEBRUARY 2012
BIOGRAPHY
AudioFile Earphones Award Winner Booklist & Kirkus H Review
John A. Farrell
Clarence Darrow Attorney for the Damned
Drawing on untapped archives and full of fresh revelations, John A. Farrell’s Clarence Darrow is the definitive biography of America’s legendary defense attorney and progressive hero.
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.
Read by Danny Campbell
Category: Biography Running Time: 21 hrs 30 min - Unabridged Hardcover: 06/14/2011 (40,000 Doubleday) Territory: North America On Sale Date: 02/27/2012 Trade 9781452606316 17 Audio CDs $54.99 Library 9781452636313 17 Audio CDs $119.99 MP3 9781452656311 2 MP3-CDs $39.99 John A. Farrell is an award-winning journalist who has written for publications including the Denver Post and the Boston Globe, for which he served as White House correspondent and Washington editor. Currently a senior writer for the Center for Public Integrity in Washington, D.C., he is the author of Tip O’Neill and the Democratic Century, which won the Hardeman prize for the best book on Congress. Actor Danny Campbell has appeared in CBS’s The Guardian, the recent films A Pool, a Fool, and a Duel and Greater Than Gravity, and over twenty-five commercials.
Now, John A. Farrell draws on previously unpublished correspondence and memoirs to offer a candid account of Darrow’s divorce, affairs, and disastrous finances; new details of his feud with his law partner, the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. MARKETING • New York Times Notable Book of 2011 • Author of the bestselling Tip O’Neill and the Democratic Century PRAISE FOR CLARENCE DARROW
“[Darrow’s] life is so interesting that it would make for engaging listening under most circumstances. But when you add an adept reader, you have a production that will keep commuters listening in the driveway after returning home from work.” —AudioFile “A warts-and-all portrait that leaves readers lamenting Darrow’s private failings, while still in awe of his immensely consequential career.” —Kirkus H Review “A completely engaging portrait of a flawed man of noble ideals.” —Booklist H Review
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“Compelling.” —Library Journal
“Farrell’s biography finally does him justice.” —Publishers Weekly
BIOGRAPHY
AudioFile Earphones Award Winner Booklist & Kirkus H Review
John A. Farrell
Clarence Darrow Attorney for the Damned
Drawing on untapped archives and full of fresh revelations, John A. Farrell’s Clarence Darrow is the definitive biography of America’s legendary defense attorney and progressive hero.
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.
Read by Danny Campbell
Category: Biography Running Time: 21 hrs 30 min - Unabridged Hardcover: 06/14/2011 (40,000 Doubleday) Territory: North America On Sale Date: 02/27/2012 Trade 9781452606316 17 Audio CDs $54.99 Library 9781452636313 17 Audio CDs $119.99 MP3 9781452656311 2 MP3-CDs $39.99 John A. Farrell is an award-winning journalist who has written for publications including the Denver Post and the Boston Globe, for which he served as White House correspondent and Washington editor. Currently a senior writer for the Center for Public Integrity in Washington, D.C., he is the author of Tip O’Neill and the Democratic Century, which won the Hardeman prize for the best book on Congress. Actor Danny Campbell has appeared in CBS’s The Guardian, the recent films A Pool, a Fool, and a Duel and Greater Than Gravity, and over twenty-five commercials.
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. MARKETING • New York Times Notable Book of 2011 • Author of the bestselling Tip O’Neill and the Democratic Century PRAISE FOR CLARENCE DARROW
“[Darrow’s] life is so interesting that it would make for engaging listening under most circumstances. But when you add an adept reader, you have a production that will keep commuters listening in the driveway after returning home from work.” —AudioFile “A warts-and-all portrait that leaves readers lamenting Darrow’s private failings, while still in awe of his immensely consequential career.” —Kirkus H Review “A completely engaging portrait of a flawed man of noble ideals.” —Booklist H Review
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FOR MORE INFORMATION Toll Free 877.782.6867 Tantor Audio Fax 888.782.7821 2 Business Park Road www.tantor.com Old Saybrook, CT 06475
“Compelling.” —Library Journal
“Farrell’s biography finally does him justice.” —Publishers Weekly
