. >> jack farrell gets underneath barrow and it is his second appearance at politics and prose. the first was for his marvelous biography of tip o'neill. anti-god underneath tip to matt. oatmeal is sorely missed today as his clarence darrow. jack you are an example or author for white politics and prose is about so we are really happy to have you here. i wanted to do this introduction very much because i was a great admirer of your book on o'neal. and i can tell you from having read jack farrell's look on clarence darrow, it is another book worth reading that helps us understand part of our legacy in america and a very turbulent and special time. you know, we think of darrow often defined by the movies. there is spencer tracy and we all know about the scopes trial and there is or some wells as darrow in compulsion. and we all know about leopold and lowe. but would you have done in both the combination of your journalism and the kind of current work you are doing at the center for public integrity it helps to serve as a perceptive and artful biographer. darrow's principles and pa

but at any rate, let us welcome jack farrell. [applause] >> it's really nice to be introduced by david pollack julie gave me great insight for the tip o'neill book. he was a wonderful help. i came early tonight so i could listen and make sure the bookstore was passing it to great hands, and i was assured by meeting them and talking to them that it is you really are a wonderful community of people and i think the great thing about politics and prose is that we can continue to be long here and show up and continue to pay a little bit extra for books than we would on amazon. but you know what, you can't beat on amazon or come out a night like tonight on amazon and we need a great book stores and independent bookstores and i'm very proud as i said with tip o'neill which was ten years ago to be reading at politics and prose. 100 years ago this fall clarence darrow stood on a downtown los angeles sidewalk and watched the police seize his chief investigator caught in the act of bribing a juror. a few weeks later, darrow himself was indi