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The devil on trial : witches, anarchists, atheists, communists, and terrorists in America's courtrooms  Cover Image Book Book

The devil on trial : witches, anarchists, atheists, communists, and terrorists in America's courtrooms

Margulies, Phillip 1952- (Author). Rosaler, Maxine. (Added Author).

Summary: Featuring five famous trials, this book examines the way an individual's right to a fair trial can be threatened when people are tempted to abandon their principles in the name of safety.

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  • ISBN: 061871717X (reinforced) :
  • ISBN: 9780618717170 (reinforced) :
  • Physical Description: 218 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
    print
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-207) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: The Salem witch trials -- The Haymarket bomb trial -- The Scopes monkey trial -- The trials of Alger Hiss -- The trials of Zacarias Moussaoui.
Target Audience Note:
1250L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG 10.0 9 9 124433
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection
Subject: Trials United States
Criminal justice, Administration of Social aspects United States
Discrimination in criminal justice administration United States History
Trials United States Juvenile literature
Criminal justice, Administration of Social aspects United States Juvenile literature
Discrimination in criminal justice administration United States History Juvenile literature

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