To Life: The Story of a Chicago Lawyer

by Elmer Gertz

Elmer Gertz has defended famous people--including Henry Miller, Nathan Leopold, and Jack Ruby--and he has become famous in his own right through his struggle for civil liberties and personal rights.

Gertz has taken on a lengthy list of cases and causes over the six decades of his legal career. He fought successfully against the censorship of Henry Miller's book Tropic of Cancer, which had been banned in Chicago for obscenity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809316080
• ISBN13: 9780809316083
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"