book "Gideon's Trumpet" by Anthony Lewis
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"Gideon's Trumpet" is a nonfiction book by Anthony Lewis that recounts Clarence Earl Gideon's landmark U.S. Supreme Court case, Gideon v. Wainwright, which established the right to legal counsel for criminal defendants who cannot afford an attorney.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| book "Gideon's Trumpet" by Anthony Lewis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: book "Gideon's Trumpet" by Anthony Lewis Context triple: [Clarence Earl Gideon, subjectOf, book "Gideon's Trumpet" by Anthony Lewis]
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Gideon's Daughter
Gideon's Daughter is a 2005 British television drama film written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, in which Emily Blunt gives an acclaimed early-career performance.
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Profiles in Courage
Profiles in Courage is a 1956 Pulitzer Prize–winning book by John F. Kennedy that recounts the acts of political bravery of eight U.S. senators who chose principle over popularity.
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book "An American Life: One Man's Road to Watergate"
"An American Life: One Man's Road to Watergate" is a memoir by Jeb Stuart Magruder recounting his involvement in the Nixon administration and the events leading up to the Watergate scandal.
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book "Into That Darkness" by Gitta Sereny
"Into That Darkness" is a non-fiction work by Gitta Sereny that explores the life, motivations, and moral responsibility of Nazi death camp commandant Franz Stangl through extensive interviews and historical investigation.
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film "All the President’s Men"
"All the President’s Men" is a 1976 political thriller film that dramatizes Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s investigation into the Watergate scandal that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: book "Gideon's Trumpet" by Anthony Lewis Target entity description: "Gideon's Trumpet" is a nonfiction book by Anthony Lewis that recounts Clarence Earl Gideon's landmark U.S. Supreme Court case, Gideon v. Wainwright, which established the right to legal counsel for criminal defendants who cannot afford an attorney.
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A.
Gideon's Daughter
Gideon's Daughter is a 2005 British television drama film written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, in which Emily Blunt gives an acclaimed early-career performance.
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B.
Profiles in Courage
Profiles in Courage is a 1956 Pulitzer Prize–winning book by John F. Kennedy that recounts the acts of political bravery of eight U.S. senators who chose principle over popularity.
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C.
book "An American Life: One Man's Road to Watergate"
"An American Life: One Man's Road to Watergate" is a memoir by Jeb Stuart Magruder recounting his involvement in the Nixon administration and the events leading up to the Watergate scandal.
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D.
book "Into That Darkness" by Gitta Sereny
"Into That Darkness" is a non-fiction work by Gitta Sereny that explores the life, motivations, and moral responsibility of Nazi death camp commandant Franz Stangl through extensive interviews and historical investigation.
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E.
film "All the President’s Men"
"All the President’s Men" is a 1976 political thriller film that dramatizes Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s investigation into the Watergate scandal that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legal history book
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nonfiction book ⓘ |
| adaptationMedium | television ⓘ |
| adaptationYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | television film "Gideon's Trumpet" ⓘ |
| author | Anthony Lewis ⓘ |
| awarded |
Edgar Award
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surface form:
Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime
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| awardYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| depicts | struggle of an indigent defendant for legal representation ⓘ |
| deweyDecimalClassification |
345.73/052
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347.30552 ⓘ |
| explains |
United States constitutional law
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surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment incorporation doctrine
Sixth Amendment right to counsel ⓘ |
| focusesOnEvent |
Gideon v. Wainwright
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surface form:
Gideon v. Wainwright decision
|
| genre |
legal nonfiction
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narrative nonfiction ⓘ |
| influenced | public understanding of the right to counsel ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers
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students of law and history ⓘ |
| ISBN | 9780394713803 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | KF9646 .L4 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Clarence Earl Gideon ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
accessible explanation of a landmark Supreme Court case
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humanizing an indigent defendant ⓘ |
| pages | approximately 288 ⓘ |
| portrays |
U.S. Supreme Court decision-making process
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role of appointed counsel in criminal cases ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Escobedo v. Illinois
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Miranda v. Arizona ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Gideon v. Wainwright
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surface form:
Gideon v. Wainwright (Supreme Court opinion)
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| setInPeriod | early 1960s ⓘ |
| setInPlace |
Florida
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| subject |
Gideon v. Wainwright
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Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
surface form:
United States Supreme Court
criminal procedure ⓘ indigent defense ⓘ right to counsel ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
1961 burglary conviction of Clarence Earl Gideon
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1963 Supreme Court ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright ⓘ |
| usedIn |
criminal justice education
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law school curricula ⓘ |
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Subject: book "Gideon's Trumpet" by Anthony Lewis Description of subject: "Gideon's Trumpet" is a nonfiction book by Anthony Lewis that recounts Clarence Earl Gideon's landmark U.S. Supreme Court case, Gideon v. Wainwright, which established the right to legal counsel for criminal defendants who cannot afford an attorney.
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