Straight from the horse's mouth, the story of the most famous — and infamous — attorney of his day contains Darrow's own account of his involvement in the Scopes trial. "To me," Darrow wrote, "it was perfectly clear that the proceedings bore little semblance to a court case, but I realized that there was no limit to the mischief that might be accomplished unless the country was aroused to the evil at hand." Introduction by the Harvard law professor widely considered to be the Darrow of our day, Alan Dershowitz.