num_pages: 448
description: The Making of a Country Lawyer is the firsthand account of a beloved American attorney, a modern-day folk hero, a man who has devoted his life's work to the downtrodden and damned. It is the story of a wayward son who, at the age of twenty, suffered an immense and tragic loss. It is this single dark moment in Spence's life that transformed him, preparing him to be a trial lawyer, eventually handling such landmark cases as the defence of Randy Weaver and the vindication of Karen Silkwood.This is the stirring memoir of a man who has captured the American imagination at a time when our belief in our values and in ourselves has been shaken to the core, told as only Gerry Spence can.
language: English
title: The Making of a Country Lawyer: An Autobiography
titlecomplete: The Making of a Country Lawyer: An Autobiography
genres: Biography, Memoir, Law, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 142
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin