Edward J. Larson (born ?) is an American historian. He is Herman E. Talmadge Chair of Law and Richard B. Russell Professor of American History at the University of Georgia. He won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion. Herman Eugene Talmadge (August 9, 1913 - March 21, 2002) was an American politician who served as Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia briefly in 1947 and again from 1948 to 1955, and as a U.S. Senator from 1957 until 1981. ... Richard Russell can refer to several people: Richard Russell, Sr. ... The Arch, the gateway to UGAs historic North Campus. ... The Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. ...
If EdwardJ. Larson is correct, however, that designation properly belongs to the Scopes trial, which took place in the steamy courtroom of the Rhea County courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee.
Larson offers a complete account of the trial itself, drawing on court documents as well as newspaper stories, but his most important contribution to our understanding of the Scopes trial comes in Part III, which examines the various ways that the Scopes trial has been interpreted since 1925.
Larson may not extend this analysis as far as he might, and he slights somewhat the pivotal role that the acerbic Mencken, utterly blinded by his loathing for Bryan, played in (mis)interpreting the Scopes trial.
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