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Title: Four Trials by John Edwards, John Auchard ISBN: 0-7432-4497-4 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.52 (42 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Trial lawyer as hero? You bet!
Comment: This book just might change your opinion of lawyers forever. Edwards dispels the pervasive cultural prejudice against lawyers by telling four compelling true stories of tragedy and justice. These are stories of people whose lives were ruined by circumstances beyond their control. The law could never give back to them what they had lost. What it could do, with the help of one compassionate lawyer named John Edwards, was to help minimize the negative impact their tragedies would have on the rest of their lives.
Four Trials is moving and poignant. It is also no less than a restorative tonic for one's faith in the American system of justice.
John Edwards' character, his love for people, and his great respect for the law shine through in the book. Reading it impressed me so much with his integrity and compassion that I now have a new hero and a new dream for this country: to make this man President some day.
Rating: 5
Summary: Four Trials
Comment: If you are looking for a candidate's standard election year political manifesto you won't find it here. What you will find is a can't put down page-turner. Sen. Edwards makes no political pronouncements or promises in this book. He has simply written deeply moving accounts of four notable cases he litigated before he became a national political figure. This book rivals anything John Grisham has to offer and what makes these stories so compelling is that they are about real events and real people. Interwoven throughout the book, Edwards gives us glimpses of his own personal story; his blue-collar upbringing, his rise from a young unpolished attorney to a highly successful trial lawyer, and sadly, the tragic death of his own teenage son. The reader will also discover much about the ins-and-outs of our legal system. If you think of personal injury lawsuits as frivolous pursuits by ambulance chasing lawyers this book may just change your mind. Each of the four cases is about deceit and truth, tragedy and triumph, and each is heartbreaking as well as heartwarming. It is encouraging to find that in the end, at least in these cases, righteousness and justice prevails.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not your typical political autobiography
Comment: The author divides the book into four sections, which basically correspond to trials that impacted John Edwards as lead litigator the most. Each case deals with an individual or family, represented by Edwards, went against a large company or organization. Although we learn a bit about legal practices and learn a bit of the background on the case, the narrative is designed to help us see Edwards' reaction to the trial rather than see how the legal process works.
Interspersed in the narrative is information about Edwards, such as his marriage to his wife, a little about his childhood, and a bit about starting his own firm. These provide the readers with some perspective on Edwards in how he relates to cases and a bit on who he is, but they do not give a lot of insight into his politics, which may be by design.
Only one or two comments about the government is listed, which leads me to believe this wasn't intended to be political. However, given his run for the Democratic nomination for President, the book doesn't give me a clear idea of what he would support, although I do know what kind of man he is.
This is an interesting insight and a bit of alternative perspective to the typical political autobiography. Given the strength of his run for the nomination, I would recommend reading this, as he will probably be back.
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Title: A Call to Service: My Vision for a Better America by John Kerry ISBN: 0670032603 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 09 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Tour of Duty : John Kerry and the Vietnam War by Douglas Brinkley ISBN: 0060565233 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Winning Back America by Howard Dean ISBN: 0743255712 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 03 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Lawyer: My Trials and Jubilations by Mickey Herskowitz, Joe D. Jamail ISBN: 1571688099 Publisher: Eakin Publications Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Winning Modern Wars: Iraq, Terrorism, and the American Empire by Wesley K. Clark ISBN: 1586482181 Publisher: PublicAffairs Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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