
Summer For The Gods by Edward Larson – Book Review
Summer For The Gods by Edward Larson
Summer For The Gods by Edward Larson - Book Review
Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s Continuing Debate about Science and Religion by Edward Larson
The beginnings of the famous "monkey trial" in Dayton, Tennessee, could be traced back to page 5 of the
Chattanooga Times. There, on May 4, 1925, the ACLU issued a press release entitled "Plan Assault on State Law on
Evolution." "We are looking for a teacher in Tennessee," the article to was the Butler Act of 1925, which forbade
teachers in public schools in Tennessee to teach the theory of Darwinian evolution. A 31-year-old chemical engineer
with secular thoughts named George Rappleyea read the play and, according to the story, contacted the president of
the local sc...