description: In The Story of My Life Darrow recounts, &amp; reflects on, his more than fifty years as a corporate, labor &amp; criminal lawyer, including the most celebrated &amp; notorious cases of his day: establishing the legal right of a union to strike in the Woodworkers' Conspiracy Case; exposing, on behalf of the United Mine Workers, the shocking conditions in the mines &amp; the widespread use of child labor; defending Leopold &amp; Loeb in the Chicago "thrill" murder case; defending a teacher's right to present the Darwinian theory of evolution in the famous Scopes trial; fighting racial hatred in the Sweet anti-Negro &amp; the Scottsboro cases; &amp; much more. Written in his disarming, conversational style, &amp; full of refreshingly relevant views on capital punishment, civil liberties &amp; the judicial system, Darrow's autobiography is a fitting final summation of a remarkable life.
title: The Story of My Life
titlecomplete: The Story of My Life
genres: Social Justice, Autobiography, History, Biography Memoir, Biography, Politics, Memoir, American, Nonfiction, Law
ratings_count: 223
publisher: Scribner