The Scopes Trial
Edward J. Larson, Summer for the Gods: the Scopes Trial and America’s Continuing Debate over Science and Religion (Massachusetts: First Harvard Press, 1998), was a fascinating book on one of the most important trials in American history. The book examines everything that had to deal with the Scopes Trial. It covers what lead up to the trial, during the trial, and the things that happened long after the trial. This was one of the most interesting books I have read in years. The book had to do with the Scopes Trial. This trial was the state of Tennessee vs. John Scopes. During this time there was a law in place in Tennessee that prohibited the teaching of evolution. John Scopes was a professor in Tennessee that was totally against this law and did not follow it. He was soon arrested and put on Trial, and this is what led to one of the most controversial trials in the nineteen twenties. This trial was conducted in Dayton, Tennessee. This was a small town between Knoxville and Chattanooga. Part of the book dealt with William Jennings Bryan who was of the leaders against the teaching of evolution. He was
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