A religious orgy in Tennessee : a reporter's account of the Scopes monkey trial / H.L. Mencken.

Author/creator Mencken, H. L.
Format Book
Publication InfoHoboken, N.J. : Melville House Pub., [2006?]
Descriptionxxii, 206 pages ; 19 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Scopes, John Thomas--Trials, litigation, etc. --Press coverage. --Maryland. --Baltimore.
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Political and social views.
Evolution (Biology)--Study and teaching. --Law and legislation. --Tennessee.

Contents The Tennessee circus -- Homo Neanderthalensis -- In Tennessee -- Mencken finds Daytonians full of sickening doubts about value of publicity -- Impossibility of obtaining fair jury insures Scopes' conviction, says Mencken -- Mencken likens trial to a religious orgy, with defendant a Beelzebub -- Yearning mountaineers' souls need reconversion nightly, Mencken finds -- Darrow's eloquent appeal wasted on ears that heed only Bryan, says Mencken -- Law and freedom, Mencken discovers, yield place to holy writ in Rhea County -- Mencken declares strictly fair trial is beyond ken of Tennessee fundamentalists -- Malone the victor, even though court sides with opponents, says Mencken -- Battle now over, Mencken sees : Genesis triumphant and ready for new jousts -- Tennessee in the frying pan -- Bryan -- Round two -- Aftermath -- To expose a fool.
General noteArticles originally published in The Baltimore Sun, The Nation, or The American Mercury.
LCCN 2006022870
ISBN1933633174 (alk. paper)
ISBN9781933633176 (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks KF224.S3 M46 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold