One Man's Castle Clarence Darrow in Defense of The American Dream by Phyllis Vine 2004 Harper Collins Black history books
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This is a near fine (almost like new) hardcover with dust jacket. 2004 Harper Collins Publishing. This copy is still crisp and clean inside and out. The inside pages are crisp and clean. The binding is tight and straight. Tan hardcover boards under jacket are also near fine with barely a hint of shelf wear and feature red quarter trim. The accompanying dust jacket is near fine with only a hint of shelf wear. Standard octavo book size or 6" x 9" with 337 pages including index. Illustrated map front endpapers.
One Man's Castle by Phyllis Vine is subtitled Clarence Darrow in Defense of the American Dream. In 1925 a black man named Sweet bought a home in Detroit and moved into a white neighborhood. Sweet was a doctor with a loving wife who never dreamed his "American Dream" would turn into a nightmare. The violence that ensued landed him, his wife and others in jail for murder. The NAACP took up the case and hired Clarence Darrow to lead the courtroom drama that followed.
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