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"Brenda Wineapple's wonderful account of the Scopes trial sheds light not only on the battles of the past but on the struggles of the present." - Jon Meacham In this magnificent book, award-winning author of The Impeachers brings to life the dramatic story of the 1925 Scopes trial, which captivated the nation and exposed profound divisions in America that still resonate today - divisions over the meaning of freedom, religion, education, censorship, and civil liberties in a democracy.. "Propulsive . . . a terrific story about a pivotal moment in our history." - Ken Burns. "No subject possesses the minds of men like religious bigotry and hate, and these fires are being lighted today in America." So said legendary attorney Clarence Darrow as hundreds of people descended on the sleepy town of Dayton, Tennessee, for the trial of a schoolteacher named John T.
About the Author
Brenda Wineapple's recent book, 'The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation,' is the timely telling of the first-ever impeachment of an American president that Ron Chernow called "superbly lyrical" and the 'Washington Post' hailed as "riveting." Among her other books are 'Ecstatic Nation: Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848-1877,' a 'New York Times' "100 Notable Books" that the 'Wall Street Journal' called "magnificent," and 'White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson,' a National Book Critics Circle award finalist, as well 'Whitman Speaks,' an edition of the poet's pithy observations about writing, literature, and America. She's received a Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Pushcart Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, a Marfield Prize, an Ambassador Award, and two National Endowment Fellowships in the Humanities; Wineapple was also named an NEH Public Scholar for 'The Impeachers.' An elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the Society of American Historians, she contributes to such publications as the 'New York Times Book Review' and 'The New York Review of Books' and is presently teaching in the MFA programs at Columbia and the New School.
