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Copyright © 2023 by Randy Moore All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Moore, Randy, author. Title: The Scopes “monkey trial” : America’s most famous trial and its ongoing legacy / Randy Moore. Description: 1st edition. | Santa Barbara : Praeger, 2023. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2022020939 (print) | LCCN 2022020940 (ebook) | ISBN 9781440878091 (cloth) | ISBN 9781440878107 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Scopes, John Thomas—Trials, litigation, etc. | Evolution (Biology)—Study and teaching—Law and legislation—Tennessee. Classification: LCC KF224.S3 M665 2022 (print) | LCC KF224.S3 (ebook) | DDC 345.73/0288—dc23/eng/20220822 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022020939 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022020940 ISBN: 978-1-4408-7809-1 (print) 978-1-4408-7810-7 (ebook) 27 ​26 ​25 ​24 ​23 1 ​2 ​3 ​4 ​5 This book is also available as an eBook. Praeger An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC ABC-CLIO, LLC 147 Castilian Drive Santa Barbara, California 93117 www.abc-clio.com This book is printed on acid-free paper Manufactured in the United States of America Front cover: John Randolph Neal (standing, wearing suit), John Scopes’s lead attorney, addresses the court in the Scopes Trial in Dayton, Tennessee, in July 1925. To Neal’s left is Clarence Darrow (seated, wearing white tie), and to his right is Dudley Field Malone (wearing dark suit). The large courtroom was packed with spectators every day of the trial. (Everett Collection Historical/Alamy Stock Photo)