john t. scopes was on trial in the monkey trial apex.
john t. scopes was on trial in the monkey trial apex.
what or who was on trial in the monkey trial apex?
john t. scopes
the great monkey trial is a book on the scopes trial by l. sprague de camp, first published in hardcover by doubleday in 1968. the book is a non-fiction account of the trial, as well as its social and political context and impact. this history of the trial was based on the archives of the a.c.l.u., assorted newspaper files, correspondence and interviews with over a dozen of those present at the trial, books and magazine articles written on trial (including the memoirs of john t. scopes and the official record of the trial in the rhea county courthouse), and a couple of visits to dayton. the book also contains several political cartoons published at the time of the trial. several critics have referred to the book as the definitive or comprehensive account of the scopes trial.
the great monkey trial
"the monkey suit" was written by j. stewart burns and directed by raymond s. persi as part of the seventeenth season of "the simpsons" (2005–2006). burns received inspiration for the episode from the scopes monkey trial, a 1925 legal case in which high school science teacher john scopes was accused of violating tennessee's butler act which made teaching evolution unlawful. clarice drummond, the aclu lawyer who represents lisa, is a reference to the aclu lawyer clarence darrow who defended scopes, while wallace brady is a reference to william jennings bryan, an attorney in the scopes monkey trial. american actor larry hagman guest starred in the episode as wallace brady, while american actress melanie griffith played herself as the narrator of an audio tour at the museum. burns did research for "the monkey suit" by reading richard dawkins' book "the selfish gene" and watching "inherit the wind" (a film based on the scopes monkey trial). he also visited a natural history museum.
the monkey suit