Figueroa 1
Yanixa Figueroa
Professor McEntire
Junior Cornerstone
19 April 2017
Summer for the Gods: Book Review
Edward Larson’s book Summer for the Gods, dives into the Scopes Trial that takes place
in Tennessee during the summer of 1925. The novel takes the audience through the journey of a
trial that sparked the never ending battle between science and religion. Larson didn’t pin point to
a specific audience, but instead was informative and it felt as though he wrote for everyone with
intentions of letting the audience receive a glimpse into the Scopes Trial. The occasion if this
