Gideon's Trumpet

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

By Anthony Lewis | Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

About the book

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.

Editions of Gideon's Trumpet

Paperback
ISBN 9780679723127
EBook
ISBN 9780307805287
AudioStreaming
ISBN 9780525590514
AudioStreaming
ISBN 9780525590521

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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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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.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Gideon's Trumpet?

History and Archaeology > History > History of the Americas

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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Gideon's Trumpet?

Anthony Lewis

Who is the Publisher of the book Gideon's Trumpet?

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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Gideon's Trumpet is available as paperback(ISBN 9780679723127) and ebook(ISBN 9780307805287) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780525590514) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780525590521)

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