Scopes monkey trial (2 résultats)

No Binding. Etat : Very Good. Condition: Very Good. 1" x 4" cut-signature sheet SIGNED by Tom Stewart. Stewart was US Senator of TN from 1939-1949. (Tom Stewart- born Jan. 1892- Died Oct. 1972). Stewart was earlier 18th Circuit district attorney and was the lead procecutor in the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial. Stewart helped present case against John Scopes for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in high school. Stewart's role in trial was overshadowed by the presence of William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow. Scarce signature. SIGNED.…

Fifteen items. On heavily aged paper. All but two clear and complete, but a few items in pieces. Titles include 'Descent or Ascent? "Monkey Trial" in America' (and two others on the same subject), 'An Epoch Man. Darwin and his work.', 'Darwin's Centenary Celebration' (and others on the same subject), and 'Darwin. (By H. N. Brailsford.)'. Also a review of Darwin's 'Life and Letters' (pp.1-30), removed from the Quarterly Review; an article by Leonard Huxley entitled 'A great Darwinian and his friends' (pp.690-703) from an unnamed magazine, and 'Charles Darwin: A centenary sketch' (pp.376-388, incomplete), also from an unnamed magazine. From the collection of John Cuming Walters.…