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Gideon's Trumpet

How One Man, a Poor Prisoner, Took His Case to the Supreme Court-and Changed the Law of the United States

How One Man, a Poor Prisoner, Took His Case to the Supreme Court-and Changed the Law of the United States

By Anthony Lewis

By Anthony Lewis

By Anthony Lewis

By Anthony Lewis

By Anthony Lewis
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By Anthony Lewis
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Paperback $16.95

Apr 23, 1989 | ISBN 9780679723127

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Sep 14, 2011 | ISBN 9780307805287

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Feb 20, 2018 | 471 Minutes

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    About Gideon’s Trumpet

    The classic bestseller from a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist that tells the compelling true story of one man’s fight for the right to legal counsel for every defendent. 

    A history of the landmark case of Clarence Earl Gideon’s fight for the right to legal counsel. Notes, table of cases, index. The classic backlist bestseller. More than 800,000 sold since its first pub date of 1964.

    About Gideon’s Trumpet

    The classic bestseller from a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist that tells the compelling true story of one man’s fight for the right to legal counsel for every defendent. 

    A history of the landmark case of Clarence Earl Gideon’s fight for the right to legal counsel. Notes, table of cases, index. The classic backlist bestseller. More than 800,000 sold since its first pub date of 1964.

    About Gideon’s Trumpet

    The classic bestseller from a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist that tells the compelling true story of one man’s fight for the right to legal counsel for every defendent. 

    A history of the landmark case of Clarence Earl Gideon’s fight for the right to legal counsel. Notes, table of cases, index. The classic backlist bestseller. More than 800,000 sold since its first pub date of 1964.

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    Anthony Lewis was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who transformed American legal journalism. He is the author of Gideon’s Trumpet which concerned Gideon v. Wainwright, the 1963 decision that guaranteed lawyers to poor defendants charged with serious crimes. His book… More about Anthony Lewis

    About Anthony Lewis

    Anthony Lewis was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who transformed American legal journalism. He is the author of Gideon’s Trumpet which concerned Gideon v. Wainwright, the 1963 decision that guaranteed lawyers to poor defendants charged with serious crimes. His book… More about Anthony Lewis

    About Anthony Lewis

    Anthony Lewis was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who transformed American legal journalism. He is the author of Gideon’s Trumpet which concerned Gideon v. Wainwright, the 1963 decision that guaranteed lawyers to poor defendants charged with serious crimes. His book… More about Anthony Lewis

    Product Details

    Category: 20th Century U.S. History | Domestic Politics

    Paperback | $16.95
    Published by Vintage
    Apr 23, 1989 | 288 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679723127

    Category: 20th Century U.S. History | Domestic Politics

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Vintage
    Sep 14, 2011 | 288 Pages | ISBN 9780307805287

    Category: 20th Century U.S. History | Domestic Politics | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    Feb 20, 2018 | 471 Minutes | ISBN 9780525590514
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