A Religious Orgy in Tennessee
Subtitle: A Reporter's Account of the Scopes Monkey Trial
Publisher: Melville House Publishing
Published: September 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781933633176
Subjects: United States - 20th Century/20s; History - U.S.; Law; United States - State & Local - South; Life Sciences - Evolution - Human; History / General; History - General History; Litigation; (Henry Louis),; 1880-1956; Baltimore; Evolution; Law and legislation; Maryland; Mencken, H. L.; Political and social views; Press coverage; Scopes, John Thomas; Study and teaching; Tennessee; Trials, litigation, etc.; General
Description: Searing dispatches from the first confrontation between American fundamentalism and science that so galvanized the nationi they inspired the hit play and movie Inherit the Wind. With the rise of "intelligent design," H. L. Mencken's legendary coverage of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial - collected here for the first time as a single volume - has never seemed more timely ... or timeless. -- Book Cover