Collected in print for the first time is Mencken's scathingly honest and fiercely intelligent coverage of the Scopes Monkey Trial, with his perceptive rendering of the courtroom drama, piercing portrayals of key figures Scopes, Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan, and his ferocious take on the fundamentalist culture surrounding the case. It also includes his withering coverage of Bryan's death just days after the trial, as well as a complete transcript of the trial's legendary exchange: Darrow's blistering cross-examination of Bryan.
| ISBN: | 9781933633176 |
| Publication date: | 21st August 2009 |
| Author: | H L Mencken |
| Publisher: | Melville House an imprint of Penguin Random House Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 206 pages |
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History |
Collected in print for the first time is Mencken's scathingly honest and fiercely intelligent coverage of the Scopes Monkey Trial, with his perceptive rendering of the courtroom drama, piercing portrayals of key figures Scopes, Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan, and his ferocious take on the fundamentalist culture surrounding the case. It also includes his withering coverage of Bryan's death just days after the trial, as well as a complete transcript of the trial's legendary exchange: Darrow's blistering cross-examination of Bryan.
A Religious Orgy in Tennessee features in the following genres: History
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A Religious Orgy in Tennessee was written by H L Mencken and published by Melville House an imprint of Penguin Random House Group
A Religious Orgy in Tennessee has 206 pages