![]() ![]() William Jennings Bryan: prosecutor of John Scopes and prominent American politician.Robinson: Frances' father, who starts the Scopes Trial because he wants to attract publicity to Dayton. John Scopes: schoolteacher arrested for teaching evolution in a trial that attracted attention to Dayton, Tennessee.She sides with Scopes, who is her secret crush. Frances Robinson: fifteen-year-old daydreamer whose father arrests John Scopes for teaching evolution.Mencken arrive in Dayton, along with a horde of reporters, and drama stirs. Notable people such as politician William Jennings Bryan (prosecutor of Scopes), lawyer Clarence Darrow (defender of Scopes), and journalist H. Frances takes Scopes' side and defies her father, even though the case is not completely genuine. ![]() However, things bounce out of normal range when her father, the school board chairman, arrests local teacher (and Frances' friend and love interest) John Scopes for teaching Charles Darwin's evolution theory in class, in an effort to attract publicity to the town. When the summer starts, she wants only to play tennis and drink Coke. The story is set in summer 1925 in Dayton, Tennessee, and is based on the Scopes Trial.įrances Robinson, a fifteen-year-old daydreamer, lives in Dayton, a small town in Tennessee. Monkey Town: The Summer of the Scopes Trial is a 2006 novel written by American author Ronald Kidd. ![]()
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