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Scoundrels in Law: The Trials of Howe and Hummell, Lawyers to the Gangsters, Cops, Starlets, and Rakes Who Made the Golden Age
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Author
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Cait Murphy.
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Publisher
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Harper
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Format
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hardcover
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Product Dimensions
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9.25
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6.25
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1.15
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ISBN
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9780061714283
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Pages/Publication Date
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324/2010
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Daedalus Item Code
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21147
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Description
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Gangsters and con men, spurned mistresses and wandering husbands, crooked politicians and Broadway royalty, pickpockets and spiritualists—these were the friends and clients of Howe & Hummel, the most famous (and famously rotten) law firm of the Gilded Age. Cait Murphy's colorful history resurrects these notorious shysters and everyone who had a part in their story, from Theodore Roosevelt to one-time Bavarian countess Lola Montez. "Howe was a flamboyant, outrageous showman who flaunted courtroom decorum and excelled at playing on the heartstrings of jurors. Hummel was more restrained in court but a ruthless backroom operator. In Murphy's rendering, Howe and Hummel are fascinating and enjoyable characters when viewed at a distance, but she also sees them as worthy symbols of an age when amorality was elevated to a virtue."—Booklist
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