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The year is 1925, and the students of Dayton, Tennessee, are ready for a summer of fishing, swimming, some working, and drinking root beer floats at Robinson�s Drugstore. But when their science teacher, J. T. Scopes, is arrested for having taught Darwin�s theory of evolution in class, it seems it won�t be just any ordinary summer in Dayton.
As Scopes� trial proceeds, the small town is faced wit... More

The year is 1925, and the students of Dayton, Tennessee, are ready for a summer of fishing, swimming, some working, and drinking root beer floats at Robinson�s Drugstore. But when their science teacher, J. T. Scopes, is arrested for having taught Darwin�s theory of evolution in class, it seems it won�t be just any ordinary summer in Dayton.
As Scopes� trial proceeds, the small town is faced with astonishing, nationwide publicity: reporters, lawyers, scientists, religious leaders, and tourists. But amidst the circus-like atmosphere is a threatening sense of tension-not only in the courtroom, but among even the strongest of friends. This compelling novel in poems chronicles a controversy with a profound impact on science and culture in America-and one that continues to this day.


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