Assertion: trial | /r/CapableOf | begin as a publicity stunt
Facets:
value: like so many archetypal american events
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Edward J. Larson, a historian who won the Pulitzer Prize for History for his book Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion (2004), notes: "Like so many archetypal American events, the trial itself began as a publicity stunt.