The Scopes Monkey Trial

Author : Edward J Larson
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 1541646029
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Summer for the Gods written by Edward J Larson and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the Scopes Trial and the battle over evolution and creation in America's schools In the summer of 1925, the sleepy hamlet of Dayton, Tennessee, became the setting for one of the twentieth century's most contentious courtroom dramas, pitting William Jennings Bryan and the anti-Darwinists against a teacher named John Scopes, represented by Clarence Darrow and the ACLU, in a famous debate over science, religion, and their place in public education. That trial marked the start of a battle that continues to this day-in cities and states throughout the country. Edward Larson's classic Summer for the Gods -- winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History -- is the single most authoritative account of this pivotal event. An afterword assesses the state of the battle between creationism and evolution, and points the way to how it might potentially be resolved.

Author : Marvin N. Olasky
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780805431575
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monkey Business written by Marvin N. Olasky and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2005 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Media coverage at the time of the Scopes trial was far from accurate. This book sets the record straight, revealing how inaccuracies distorted the view of the Christian faith.

Author : Lyon Sprague De Camp
Publisher : Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Monkey Trial written by Lyon Sprague De Camp and published by Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday. This book was released on 1968 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the "trial of public school teacher John Thomas Scopes for teaching the theory of evolution in class 'held in July 1925, in Dayton, Tennessee.'" -- Library Journal.

Author : Samuel Willard Crompton
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438131283
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scopes Monkey Trial written by Samuel Willard Crompton and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the passage of the Butler Act, which made it unlawful for a state-funded school in Tennessee to teach that humans evolved from lower organisms, 24-year-old high school teacher John Scopes intentionally violated the law. Arrested and charged on May 5, 1925, Scopes became the centerpiece in a trial that pitted two of the finest legal minds of the time against one another. Prosecutor William Jennings Bryan's participation in the trial served as the capstone to his prior unsuccessful advocacy to cut off funds to schools that taught evolution. Prominent trial attorney Clarence Darrow, an agnostic, spoke for the defense. This case, which was the first to be broadcast via radio, was a critical turning point in the creation vs. evolution controversy that continues today. The Scopes Monkey Trial has since been fictionalized in a play, a film, and three television films, all called Inherit the Wind. The Scopes Monkey Trial: Debate over Evolution explains how this pivotal court case shaped the way evolution and creationism are approached in classrooms.

Author : Ronald Kidd
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439115621
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monkey Town written by Ronald Kidd and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2030-12-31 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

Author : George W. Hunter
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Civic Biology, Presented in Problems written by George W. Hunter and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-21 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Civic Biology, Presented in Problems" is a reprint of an early 20th-century biology text reflecting the main assumptions of the eugenics movement, which was on the rise at the time of publishing. The book is famous for starting the Scopes trial, commonly referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial, an American legal case in which a high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of teaching human evolution. The teacher was called to court for reading his students certain passages from "Civic Biology".

Author : H.L. Mencken
Publisher : Melville House
ISBN 13 : 1933633174
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Religious Orgy in Tennessee written by H.L. Mencken and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The native American Voltaire, the enemy of all puritans, the heretic in the Sunday school, the one-man demolition crew of the genteel tradition." —Alistair Cooke Fiercely intelligent, scathingly honest, and hysterically funny, H.L. Mencken’s coverage of the Scopes Monkey Trial so galvanized the nation that it eventually inspired a Broadway play and the classic Hollywood movie Inherit the Wind. Mencken’ s no-nonsense sensibility is still exciting: his perceptive rendering of the courtroom drama; his piercing portrayals of key figures Scopes, Clarence Darrow, and William Jennings Bryan; his ferocious take on the fundamentalist culture surrounding it all—including a raucous midnight trip into the woods to witness a secret “holy roller” service. Shockingly, these reports have never been gathered together into a book of their own—until now. A Religious Orgy In Tennessee includes all of Mencken’s reports for The Baltimore Sun, The Nation, and The American Mercury. It even includes his coverage of Bryan’s death just days after the trial—an obituary so withering Mencken was forced by his editors to rewrite it, angering him and leading him to rewrite it yet again in a third version even less forgiving than the first. All three versions are included, as is a complete transcript of the trial’s most legendary exchange: Darrow’s blistering cross-examination of Bryan. With the rise of “intelligent design,” H.L. Mencken’ s work has never seemed more unnervingly timely—or timeless.

Author : Jim Whiting
Publisher : Mitchell Lane
ISBN 13 : 154574940X
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scopes Monkey Trial written by Jim Whiting and published by Mitchell Lane. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most famous trials in U.S. History took place in a tiny town in Tennessee in 1925. Dayton was the site of what became known as the Scopes Monkey Trial.The defendant, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating a recently passed state law. This law made it illegal to teach the theory of evolution. Under most circumstances, few people would have paid any attention to the trial.Several of Daytons leading citizens saw a chance to put their town on the map. They were successful. Two of the countrys top lawyersWilliam Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrowsoon became involved. Dozens of reporters poured into Dayton from all over the country. It was the first trial to receive live media coverage.Scopes was found guilty. He had to pay a small fine. But the issues about evolution that the trial raised are still debated today.

Author : Jeffrey P. Moran
Publisher : Macmillan Higher Education
ISBN 13 : 1319169481
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scopes Trial written by Jeffrey P. Moran and published by Macmillan Higher Education. This book was released on 2021-01-08 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scopes Trial, 2e, by Jeffrey Moran explores the history of this pivotal 1920’s trial complete with accessible headnotes for each primary source document.

Author : Sabrina Crewe
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 9780836834154
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scopes "Monkey" Trial written by Sabrina Crewe and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2004-12-15 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the historic 1925 trial in which a Tennessee high school biology teacher was accused of violating state law by teaching Darwin's theory of evolution, and discusses the impact on America.