The Great Monkey Trial
Description
From dust jacket notes: "...L. Sprague de Camp's definitive account of the court battle that began on that blistering July day in 1925 is the most comprehensive book on the Scopes trial to date. In vivid detail he has described the circus atmosphere that surrounded the town of Dayton, Tennessee (pop. 1,800) for a few summer weeks that year. Everyone from crackpots and faith healers to the just plain curious descended on that quiet Southern town to watch the spectacle of John Scopes being tried for the offense of teaching evolution to his high school biology class. During the eight...
ISBN(s)
0385046251, 9780385046251
