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The Electric Chair An Unnatural American History
by [Brandon, Craig]
$27.75
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This book provides a history of the electric chair and analyzes its features, its development, and the manner of its use. Chapters cover the early conceptual stages as a humane alternative to hanging, and the rivalry between Edison and Westinghouse that was one of the main forces in the chair's adoption as a mode of execution. Also presented are an account of the terrible first execution and a number of the subsequent gruesome employments of the chair. The text explores the changing attitudes toward the chair as state after state replaced it with lethal injection.
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- McFarland Brand
- Sep 1, 2009 Pub Date:
- 9780786444939 ISBN-13:
- 0786444932 ISBN-10:
- English Language
- 9 in * 0.58 in * 6 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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