Clarence Darrow
Though best known as a defense attorney, Clarence Darrow wrote a notable autobiographical novel Farmington that captured rural Ohio childhood with nostalgic realism. His prose style was vigorous and plainspoken.
Works
- FarmingtonAutobiographical novel set in small-town Illinois during the author's childhood and youth
- An Eye for an EyeNovel advocating against capital punishment through a parable narrative structure
- Crime and CriminalsEssay collection on the causes and remedies of crime and criminal justice reform
- Resist Not EvilTreatise arguing against violence and capital punishment from a humanitarian perspective
- The Story of My LifeAutobiography of the renowned lawyer and social reformer Clarence Darrow