In the clutches of the law : Clarence Darrow's letters / Edited by Randall Tietjen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938.

Contributor:

Tietjen, Randall (Randall Matthew), 1961-

Standardized Title:

Correspondence

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938--Correspondence.

Darrow, Clarence.

Lawyers--United States--Correspondence.

Lawyers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (622 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520954588

0520954580

OCLC:

844939390