In "Summer for the Gods", the first full study of the Scopes trial
to be published in forty years, Larsen incisively examines the
myths surrounding the Scopes trial. His treatment is fresh and
authoritative, making good use of the record of the trial, the
extensive newspaper and magazine coverage it received, and the
private papers of several of the main figures and organizations
involved in it...He restores attention to aspects of [the trial]
that are commonly overlooked and that reverberate in the
contentions of our own day over science and religion in the
schools. The originality of his book arises in large part from its
thoughtful, evenhanded treatment of both sides in the
confrontation--and the seriousness with which he takes the opposing
convictions about religion, science, and their relationship to the
law that clashed in Dayton...Larson's account of the trial and the
legal issues involved in it is particularly illuminating...[He]
provides a fascinating account of how the trial became the legend
that was eventually passed on by "Inherit the Wind"...[This is an]
excellent book.--Daniel J. Kevles "New York Review of Books "
A Spencer Tracy film, "Inherit the Wind", was based on the [John
Scopes Trial] and has shaped popular memories of it. But, as Edward
J. Larson shows in this Pulitzer-Prize-winning book, the film's
sinister mood is misleading...Larson artfully separates myths from
realities to tell a more complicated and convincing story. He also
summarizes the continuing efforts of Tennessee and other southern
states to keep creationism on the curriculum and evolution off
it.--Patrick Allitt "Times Literary Supplement "
Before the Dover, Pa., trial over intelligent design, there was the
Scopes monkey trial, which historian Edward Larson retells with
exquisite detail and sympathy for those on both sides.--Jeremy
Manier"Chicago Tribune" (02/01/2007)
Bryan's and Darrow's ghosts still haunt us, and the Scopes trial
still holds resonance, as we continue to litigate the role of
religion and public life and the power of the state to prescribe
what shall be taught in public schools. Read "Summer for the Gods"
for that well-told story.--Rodney A. Smolla "New York Times Book
Review "
In "Summer for the Gods," the first full study of the Scopes trial
to be published in forty years, Larsen incisively examines the
myths surrounding the Scopes trial. His treatment is fresh and
authoritative, making good use of the record of the trial, the
extensive newspaper and magazine coverage it received, and the
private papers of several of the main figures and organizations
involved in it...He restores attention to aspects of [the trial]
that are commonly overlooked and that reverberate in the
contentions of our own day over science and religion in the
schools. The originality of his book arises in large part from its
thoughtful, evenhanded treatment of both sides in the
confrontation--and the seriousness with which he takes the opposing
convictions about religion, science, and their relationship to the
law that clashed in Dayton...Larson's account of the trial and the
legal issues involved in it is particularly illuminating...[He]
provides a fascinating account of how the trial
This book has already won a Pulitzer Prize, but it's worth calling
attention to again...Larson...finds new things to say about the
famous "monkey trial" of 1925 and says them well. Among other
things, he shows how the trial helped to break down the
longstanding intellectual accommodation between Darwinism and
Protestant theology, highlights the tensions between celebrity
lawyer Clarence Darrow and the rest of John Scopes's defense team,
and demonstrates how the enormously influential drama Inherit the
Wind significantly warped the trial and its aftermath.--Luther
Spoehr "Providence Journal-Bulletin "
A Spencer Tracy film, "Inherit the Wind," was based on the [John
Scopes Trial] and has shaped popular memories of it. But, as Edward
J. Larson shows in this Pulitzer-Prize-winning book, the film's
sinister mood is misleading...Larson artfully separates myths from
realities to tell a more complicated and convincing story. He also
summarizes the continuing efforts of Tennessee and other southern
states to keep creationism on the curriculum and evolution off it.
-- Patrick Allitt "Times Literary Supplement"
Edward Larson won the Pulitzer Prize in History for his excellent
"Summer for the Gods," an investigation into the [Scopes] trial and
why it still matters. Get the paperback to get up to speed.
A Spencer Tracy film, Inherit the Wind, was based on the [John
Scopes Trial] and has shaped popular memories of it. But, as Edward
J. Larson shows in this Pulitzer-Prize-winning book, the film's
sinister mood is misleading...Larson artfully separates myths from
realities to tell a more complicated and convincing story. He also
summarizes the continuing efforts of Tennessee and other southern
states to keep creationism on the curriculum and evolution off
it.
In Summer for the Gods, the first full study of the Scopes trial to
be published in forty years, Larsen incisively examines the myths
surrounding the Scopes trial. His treatment is fresh and
authoritative, making good use of the record of the trial, the
extensive newspaper and magazine coverage it received, and the
private papers of several of the main figures and organizations
involved in it...He restores attention to aspects of [the trial]
that are commonly overlooked and that reverberate in the
contentions of our own day over science and religion in the
schools. The originality of his book arises in large part from its
thoughtful, evenhanded treatment of both sides in the
confrontation--and the seriousness with which he takes the opposing
convictions about religion, science, and their relationship to the
law that clashed in Dayton...Larson's account of the trial and the
legal issues involved in it is particularly illuminating...[He]
provides a fascinating account of how the trial became the legend
that was eventually passed on by Inherit the Wind ...[This is an]
excellent book.
In "Summer for the Gods, the first full study of the Scopes trial
to be published in forty years, Larsen incisively examines the
myths surrounding the Scopes trial. His treatment is fresh and
authoritative, making good use of the record of the trial, the
extensive newspaper and magazine coverage it received, and the
private papers of several of the main figures and organizations
involved in it...He restores attention to aspects of [the trial]
that are commonly overlooked and that reverberate in the
contentions of our own day over science and religion in the
schools. The originality of his book arises in large part from its
thoughtful, evenhanded treatment of both sides in the
confrontation--and the seriousness with which he takes the opposing
convictions about religion, science, and their relationship to the
law that clashed in Dayton...Larson's account of the trial and the
legal issues involved in it is particularly illuminating...[He]
provides a fascinating account of how the trial became the legend
that was eventually passed on by "Inherit the Wind...[This is an]
excellent book.
In "Summer for the Gods", the first full study of the Scopes trial
to be published in forty years, Larsen incisively examines the
myths surrounding the Scopes trial. His treatment is fresh and
authoritative, making good use of the record of the trial, the
extensive newspaper and magazine coverage it received, and the
private papers of several of the main figures and organizations
involved in it...He restores attention to aspects of [the trial]
that are commonly overlooked and that reverberate in the
contentions of our own day over science and religion in the
schools. The originality of his book arises in large part from its
thoughtful, evenhanded treatment of both sides in the
confrontation--and the seriousness with which he takes the opposing
convictions about religion, science, and their relationship to the
law that clashed in Dayton...Larson's account of the trial and the
legal issues involved in it is particularly illuminating...[He]
provides a fascinating account of how the trial became the legend
that was eventually passed on by "Inherit the Wind"...[This is an]
excellent book.--Daniel J. Kevles "New York Review of Books "
A Spencer Tracy film, "Inherit the Wind", was based on the [John
Scopes Trial] and has shaped popular memories of it. But, as Edward
J. Larson shows in this Pulitzer-Prize-winning book, the film's
sinister mood is misleading...Larson artfully separates myths from
realities to tell a more complicated and convincing story. He also
summarizes the continuing efforts of Tennessee and other southern
states to keep creationism on the curriculum and evolution off
it.--Patrick Allitt "Times Literary Supplement "
Before the Dover, Pa., trial over intelligent design, there was the
Scopes monkey trial, which historian Edward Larson retells with
exquisite detail and sympathy for those on both sides.--Jeremy
Manier"Chicago Tribune" (02/01/2007)
Bryan's and Darrow's ghosts still haunt us, and the Scopes trial
still holds resonance, as we continue to litigate the role of
religion and public life and the power of the state to prescribe
what shall be taught in public schools. Read "Summer for the Gods"
for that well-told story.--Rodney A. Smolla "New York Times Book
Review "
In "Summer for the Gods," the first full study of the Scopes trial
to be published in forty years, Larsen incisively examines the
myths surrounding the Scopes trial. His treatment is fresh and
authoritative, making good use of the record of the trial, the
extensive newspaper and magazine coverage it received, and the
private papers of several of the main figures and organizations
involved in it...He restores attention to aspects of [the trial]
that are commonly overlooked and that reverberate in the
contentions of our own day over science and religion in the
schools. The originality of his book arises in large part from its
thoughtful, evenhanded treatment of both sides in the
confrontation--and the seriousness with which he takes the opposing
convictions about religion, science, and their relationship to the
law that clashed in Dayton...Larson's account of the trial and the
legal issues involved in it is particularly illuminating...[He]
provides a fascinating account of how the trial
This book has already won a Pulitzer Prize, but it's worth calling
attention to again...Larson...finds new things to say about the
famous "monkey trial" of 1925 and says them well. Among other
things, he shows how the trial helped to break down the
longstanding intellectual accommodation between Darwinism and
Protestant theology, highlights the tensions between celebrity
lawyer Clarence Darrow and the rest of John Scopes's defense team,
and demonstrates how the enormously influential drama Inherit the
Wind significantly warped the trial and its aftermath.--Luther
Spoehr "Providence Journal-Bulletin "
A Spencer Tracy film, "Inherit the Wind," was based on the [John
Scopes Trial] and has shaped popular memories of it. But, as Edward
J. Larson shows in this Pulitzer-Prize-winning book, the film's
sinister mood is misleading...Larson artfully separates myths from
realities to tell a more complicated and convincing story. He also
summarizes the continuing efforts of Tennessee and other southern
states to keep creationism on the curriculum and evolution off it.
-- Patrick Allitt "Times Literary Supplement"
Edward Larson won the Pulitzer Prize in History for his excellent
"Summer for the Gods," an investigation into the [Scopes] trial and
why it still matters. Get the paperback to get up to speed.
A Spencer Tracy film, Inherit the Wind, was based on the [John
Scopes Trial] and has shaped popular memories of it. But, as Edward
J. Larson shows in this Pulitzer-Prize-winning book, the film's
sinister mood is misleading...Larson artfully separates myths from
realities to tell a more complicated and convincing story. He also
summarizes the continuing efforts of Tennessee and other southern
states to keep creationism on the curriculum and evolution off
it.
In Summer for the Gods, the first full study of the Scopes trial to
be published in forty years, Larsen incisively examines the myths
surrounding the Scopes trial. His treatment is fresh and
authoritative, making good use of the record of the trial, the
extensive newspaper and magazine coverage it received, and the
private papers of several of the main figures and organizations
involved in it...He restores attention to aspects of [the trial]
that are commonly overlooked and that reverberate in the
contentions of our own day over science and religion in the
schools. The originality of his book arises in large part from its
thoughtful, evenhanded treatment of both sides in the
confrontation--and the seriousness with which he takes the opposing
convictions about religion, science, and their relationship to the
law that clashed in Dayton...Larson's account of the trial and the
legal issues involved in it is particularly illuminating...[He]
provides a fascinating account of how the trial became the legend
that was eventually passed on by Inherit the Wind ...[This is an]
excellent book.
In "Summer for the Gods, the first full study of the Scopes trial
to be published in forty years, Larsen incisively examines the
myths surrounding the Scopes trial. His treatment is fresh and
authoritative, making good use of the record of the trial, the
extensive newspaper and magazine coverage it received, and the
private papers of several of the main figures and organizations
involved in it...He restores attention to aspects of [the trial]
that are commonly overlooked and that reverberate in the
contentions of our own day over science and religion in the
schools. The originality of his book arises in large part from its
thoughtful, evenhanded treatment of both sides in the
confrontation--and the seriousness with which he takes the opposing
convictions about religion, science, and their relationship to the
law that clashed in Dayton...Larson's account of the trial and the
legal issues involved in it is particularly illuminating...[He]
provides a fascinating account of how the trial became the legend
that was eventually passed on by "Inherit the Wind...[This is an]
excellent book.
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