A review by alisobrig
Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion by Edward J. Larson

informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

I read this book for a graduate level course on the history of Darwin. I thought it was a very engaging explanation of the cultural, social, legal time of the 1920s and presents a very accurate account of an often misremembered legend. The Scopes Trial has been a popular historical moment I've been interested in since middle school so it was fun to revisit it with more biology, history, and rhetorical knowledge.