One man's castle : Clarence Darrow in defense of the American dream /
by Vine, Phyllis.
Publisher: New York, NY : Amistad, 2005Edition: 1st Amistad pbk. ed.Description: 349 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0060938277 (pbk.).Subject(s): Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 | Sweet, Ossian, 1895-1960 -- Trials, litigation, etc | African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century | Trials (Murder) -- Michigan -- DetroitOnline resources: Teacher's guideItem type | Location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Epoka University Library
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KF 224 .S8 .V56 2005 (Browse shelf) | Available |
Originally published: New York : Amistad, 2004.
"Now with a new postscript"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-326) and index.
Florida : "Incomparable and indescribable" -- The education of Ossian Sweet -- Moving up -- Getting settled -- "Detroit the dynamic" -- Two cities : Vienna and Paris -- 2905 Garland Avenue -- James Weldon Johnson and the NAACP -- Send Walter White -- Clarence Darrow sets the stage -- "Nobody is molesting you" -- Your fight, my fight -- The night of September 9 -- His home is his castle -- A reasonable man? -- More than a partial victory -- A trial fair -- The darker brother.
Winner of the Great Lakes Book Award.
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