The chapter on Leopold and Loeb alone is worth waiting in line to get a seat in Jack Farrell's courtroom." -David Maraniss, author of When Pride Still Mattered and They Marched into Sunlight. It is at once a rollicking tour through the mind of a legal genius and a spellbinding account of some of the most famous cases in American history.
Farrell's masterful, sweeping new biography not only does justice to all his roles but joyously satisfies even a Darrow addict like me." -Roy Black, Esq., criminal defense attorney. "Clarence Darrow confounded titles: he was a freethinker, hedonist, anarchist, populist, infidel, cynic and master storyteller who became our greatest lawyer and a folk hero. This is a wonderful, at times heart-pounding story, which is told with precision, sympathy, and insight." -Ken Burns. "It is almost impossible to conceive how so much living could have come in just one life, and Jack Farrell's masterful new biography makes Clarence Darrow come alive. Dershowitz, author of The Trials of Zion. His biography is a must read for all Americans who care about both the means and ends of justice!" -Alan M. This gritty biography demystifies a deeply flawed legal hero, who `almost assuredly' bribed jurors and witnesses in order to level the playing field against `the rich and powerful.' Darrow was a giant of his corrupt times. A marvelous biography!" -Douglas Brinkley, Professor of History at Rice University and author of The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America.
"John Farrell's Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned is a riveting historical drama filled with strange twists and turns. Reviews of Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned
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