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In The Story of My Life Darrow recounts, & reflects on, his more than fifty years as a corporate, labor & criminal lawyer, including the most celebrated & 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 & the widespread use of child labor; defending Leopold & 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 & the Scottsboro cases; & much more. Written in his disarming, conversational style, & full of refreshingly relevant views on capital punishment, civil liberties & the judicial system, Darrow’s autobiography is a fitting final summation of a remarkable life.
