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Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion

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Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion

The Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the Scopes Trial and the battle over evolution and creation in America's schools

In the summer of 1925, the sleepy hamlet of Dayton, Tennessee, became the setting for one of the twentieth century's most contentious courtroom dramas, pitting William Jennings Bryan and the anti-Darwinists against a teacher named John Scopes, represented by Clarence Darrow and the ACLU, in a famous debate over science, religion, and their place in public education. That trial marked the start of a battle that continues to this day-in cities and states throughout the country.

Edward Larson's classic Summer for the Gods -- winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History -- is the single most authoritative account of this pivotal event. An afterword assesses the state of the battle between creationism and evolution, and points the way to how it might potentially be resolved.
Country USA
Brand Basic Books
Manufacturer Basic Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrations
ReleaseDate 2006-10-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780465075102

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