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3 unusual facts about Gideon's Trumpet


Gideon's Trumpet

Gideon's Trumpet is a book by Anthony Lewis describing the story behind Gideon v. Wainwright, in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that criminal defendants have the right to an attorney even if they cannot afford it.

A made-for-TV movie based on the book was released in 1980, starring Henry Fonda as Clarence Earl Gideon, José Ferrer as Abe Fortas and John Houseman as Earl Warren (though Warren's name was never mentioned in the film; he was billed simply as "The Chief Justice").

W. Fred Turner

The story behind this case was told in Anthony Lewis's 1964 book Gideon's Trumpet.


Angel's trumpet

Maurandya barclayana, an ornamental flowering plant in the Plantaginaceae family

Ari Ben-Menashe

Legendary Israeli spy Rafi Eitan told author Gordon Thomas, for Thomas' book Gideon's Spies, that he had worked with Ben-Menashe on setting up the US-Israeli network for covertly supplying arms to Iran, and had collaborated with Ben-Menashe on using PROMIS for espionage.

Battle of Karánsebes

Gideon, who led the Israelites to cause a similar friendly-fire incident in the Midianites camp, according to the Book of Judges

Bayesian information criterion

The BIC was developed by Gideon E. Schwarz, who gave a Bayesian argument for adopting it.

Bluetick Coonhound

Emmylou Harris sings about her friend Lillian's "Bluetick hound dog, Gideon" in her song Red Dirt Girl.

David Hawley

Hawley's grandfather was Gideon, his great grandfather was Ephraim and his great great grandfather was Joseph Hawley, a shipbuilder and the first of the name in America.

Freedom Road

Ali plays ex-slave Gideon Jackson, a former Union soldier who returns to his home in Virginia following the American Civil War and ultimately becomes a U.S. Senator.

George G. Blackburn

George Gideon Blackburn, CM, MC (February 13, 1917 – November 15, 2006) was a decorated Canadian veteran of World War II (Military Cross; French Legion of Honour), a playwright, and award winning author.

Gideon Force

Troops of the Gideon Force departed on December 1940 in small columns towards Mount Belaya in Gojjam (the contemporary Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region).

Gideon Freudmann

The Boston Globe said of him, “Taking a modern artist's approach to the four-stringed instrument, Gideon Freudmann has brought the cello to a new realm.”

Gideon Kouoru

Gideon Kouoru is a Papua New Guinean rugby league player who represented his country in the 1995 World Cup.

Gideon Lang

Gideon Scott Lang (1819–1880) was a Scottish born Australian pastoralist who was a key figure in the pioneer settlement of Victoria, the Riverina and the Darling Downs regions.

Gideon Macon

New Kent County (established in 1654 from York County) was where Gideon Macon built his home in 1680 on Macon's Island.

Gideon Moi

In August 2007, The Guardian reported that the Kroll report, commissioned in 2004 by President Mwai Kibaki to trace assets of people who were suspected of looting the state, listed Gideon Moi.

Gideon Nye

Gideon Nye, known as Gideon Nye, Jr., was a 7th generation descendant of Benjamin Nye, the founder of the Nye family, who settled in Sandwich, Mass., in 1637.

Gideon of Scotland Yard

In Gideon's Day (1958, directed by John Ford, USA title: Gideon Of Scotland Yard), Gideon is played by Jack Hawkins.

Gideon Orkar

Major Gideon Gwaza Orkar was a Nigerian military officer and revolutionary who staged a coup against General Ibrahim Babangida on April 22, 1990.

Gideon Stargrave

The first published Stargrave story appeared in Near Myths #3 (December 1978), as part one of "Gideon Stargrave in The Vatican Conspiracy", written and drawn by Morrison.

Gideon Watts

Gideon Watts is a South African rugby league player who represented his country in the 1995 World Cup, playing in three matches.

Gideon Welles

In an interview with Dick Cavett on The Dick Cavett Show, actor and director Orson Welles revealed, nonchalantly, that he was the great-grandson of Gideon Welles, and had known a dinner party hostess from the American Civil War era familiar with his great-grandfather Gideon.

Gideon, Missouri

Scott is an animator who has worked on cartoons, like Kappa Mikey, which appears on Nickelodeon.

Gideon: Tuba Warrior

After congratulating the Pirates for a good job on the show, Qwerty gives a verse and the Captain declares his desire to make a Pirates Who Don't Do Anything movie.

Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad

In the book the author claimed that—eight months before Kenneth Starr had ever heard of Monica Lewinsky— the Israelis had about thirty hours of recorded tapes of President Bill Clinton talking intimately with her.

Gideon's Sword

It was optioned by Bay Films and will be produced by Michael Bay.

John Christopher Smith

Of his own oratorios, mostly written in the 1760s, Paradise Lost (1760) was the greatest success (with words by Benjamin Stillingfleet); three later ones (Nabal, Rebecca, and Gideon) were largely reworkings of Handel's music.

Louan Gideon

Gideon earned Bachelor of Arts degree at Baylor University in Waco, Texas (1978); she majored in oral communications (radio-television-film).

Mackenzie Rosman

In addition to her role on 7th Heaven, Rosman appeared in the independent film Gideon, starring Christopher Lambert, Charlton Heston and Shelley Winters.

Mark Herrier

He has since made numerous appearances on shows such as M*A*S*H, Freddy's Nightmares, Paradise, Murder, She Wrote, The Practice and Gideon's Crossing.

Matthew Gideon

Captain Matthew Gideon is a character in the fictional universe of the television series Babylon 5, played by Gary Cole.

Miriam Gideon

Gideon composed much vocal music, setting texts by Francis Thompson, Christian Morgenstern, Anne Bradstreet, Norman Rosten, Serafin and Joaquín Quintero and others.

My Life in Ruins

In a clash of personalities and cultures, everything seems to go wrong, until one day when an older traveller named Irv Gideon (Richard Dreyfuss), shows her how to have fun, and to take a good look at the last person she would ever expect to find love with, her Greek bus driver (Alexis Georgoulis).

Peter Cambor

In June and July 2005, Cambor had appeared as Schubal/Bess/Policeman, acting in the Gideon Lester play "Amerika or the Disappearance" based on the book by Franz Kafka, as a production of the American Repertory Theater at the Loeb Drama Center, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Ricky Mabe

He was also the voice of Timmy Tibble one of the Tibble Twins on the PBS children's animated television program Arthur, Stig in Pig City, Freddie Fay in the later season of The Kids from Room 402 and played Gideon Lustig in several episodes of Beautiful People.

Ruule

Volume 1, Ganglords of Chinatown, retells the story of Gideon, and Volume 2, Kiss & Tell, retells the story of Samson.

Saratoga Spa State Park

The park is also home to the National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame, the Saratoga Automobile Museum, the Lincoln Mineral Baths and Spa, and the Gideon Putnam Resort & Spa.

South Africa at the 2011 All-Africa Games

Men - Roland Schoeman, Gideon Louw, Darian Townsend, Leath Shankland, Jean Basson, Jasper Venter, Mark Randall, Gerhardus Zandberg, Charl Crous, Darren Murray, Cameron van der Burgh, Neil Versfeld, Thabang Moeketsane, Neil Watson, Garth Tune, Chad le Clos, Riaan Schoeman, Malesela Molepo, Edward Johanniesen

The Last Session

The cast consisted of Bob Stillman as "Gideon," an ex-gospel singer turned pop star who has scheduled a final recording session.

We Wept Without Tears

The writer, Gideon Greif, is a researcher at Yad Vashem (יד ושם), Israel, the principal institution in the world studying the history of the Holocaust.

Wilhelm Gideon

Gideon was last known to be alive in 1975 when Israeli historian Tom Segev interviewed him for his book Soldiers of Evil, a study of the concentration camp commandants.

Will Friedle

Friedle voiced Seifer Almasy in the English version of the video game Kingdom Hearts II, Gideon Wyeth in the English version of the video game Advent Rising, and Jaster Rogue in the English version of the video game Rogue Galaxy.

William Busteed

Busteed and Gideon were among the first men convicted during the Nassau County's seven-month campaign against illegal gambling known as the "John Doe inquiry".

William Gage, 2nd Viscount Gage

On 3 February 1757 he married Elizabeth Gideon, the daughter of Sir Sampson Gideon.


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