This is the biography of Earl Rogers, the famous Los Angeles California lawyer from the turn of the last century. The author was a Hearst reporter and columnist for many decades, and Earl Rogers' daughter. It contains no pictures of the many people mentioned in the book, and no index. Yet it is worth reading for education as well as entertainment.

Earl Rogers was the real person who was the model for the fictional "Perry Mason". (ER also had a young lawyer on his staff named Paul Drake.)

Earl Rogers had a number of firsts: the introduction of ballistic evidence, the use of scale models, charts, and blackboards in the courtroom, etc. His advertised motto was: "Call us and keep your mouth shut", as true today as a century ago. He participated in many famous trials, and would win because of detailed study of the facts and testimony, and sometimes by finding overlooked witnesses and evidence. Unfortunately, his drinking limited and put an early end to his career (like some other trial lawyers).

Quite simple, in fact, this review of A.R. St.Johns book. Not a classic, but something you ought to read if you are very interested in Hollywood and its population of stars... Rogers knew them all and she has a way to tell you about them, especially as being a friend of Valentino and a protector of Clara Bow. She had a long career with Hearst papers (and a friendship with him and Marion Davies)and was one of the first lady reporter to cover hot actuality as the Lindberg kidnapping trial. She likes details, but not always accuracy (several critics said so.) To know more about her, see her other autobiography, the Honeycomb. Quite a lady...