Sensational Trials of the 20th Century

by Betsy Harve Kraft

Book Overview

Presents accounts of eight significant trials in the twentieth century, including the Scopes trial, Watergate, Brown v. the Board of Education, and the Hinckley trial. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 059037205X
• ISBN13: 9780590372053
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 9 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 9

Customer Reviews

I loved this book - even as an adult!

This book is an informative and well written account of this century's most influential cases. I would recommend it to anyone, who as a young adult is thinking of law school.

GREAT PRESENT for a fourth, fifth or sixth grader!

It was interesting to learn, through these stories, about how the courtroom works. I'd heard about some of the trials before, but didn't know how they turned out or what the details were. The stories were suspenseful. I especially liked the Scopes "Monkey Trial," the O.J. Simpson Trial, and the Sacco-Vanzetti Trial. I'm ten and I loved this book.