{"product_id":"story-my-life-oyaav79q","title":"The Story of My Life.","description":"\u003cp\u003eInscribed by Darrow: “T[o] my friend \/ F. Jennie Hoover \/ With all good wishes from \/ Clarence Darrow.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTipped in above is a note in Darrow’s hand on a printed visiting card for him and his wife. The note reads: “Mr. Rice, \/ Many thanks for Book. \/ can’t say I care very much for it – But – \/ all the same appreciation \/ is shown from \/ Marie.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClarence Darrow (1857-1938) was a lawyer and politician who made a name for himself as one of the great American orators of the twentieth century. He frequently championing the underdog in high-profile cases, including the murders Leopold and Loeb, whose trial he used as a platform to condemn the death penalty. He defended Eugene Debs and other trade union organisers, and a Tennessee schoolteacher named John Thomas Scopes, who was in 1925 prosecuted for teaching the theory of evolution. The fact that many of the cases Darrow took on revolved around themes that continue to be at the heart of American sectarianism demonstrates his willingness to throw himself into the most contentious fights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis skill as an engaging and persuasive storyteller is on full display in this, his autobiography. It is divided into short and punchy chapters, revisiting the highlights of his legal career. Each prefaced with a pithy tagline. For example: “The Evolution Case - Mr Bryan made it clear that he was not so much interested in the Age of Rocks as in the Rock of Ages.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe note pasted above the gift inscription may well be addressed to Wallace Rice (1858-1939) with whom Darrow collaborated on a 1929 anthology titled \u003cem\u003eInfidels and Heretics\u003c\/em\u003e. Rice was an author, newspaperman and hotelier with a keen interest in vexillology and rare books. Another proud Chicagan, in 1917, he designed the city’s flag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Maggs Bros.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48897953759389,"sku":"263535","price":1750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/0045\/9677\/files\/263535_01.jpg?v=1789043035","url":"https:\/\/store.maggs.com\/products\/story-my-life-oyaav79q","provider":"Maggs Bros.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}