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|a Essig, Mark Regan,
|d 1969-
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|a Edison & the electric chair /
|c Mark Essig.
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|a Edison and the electric chair
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|a Camberwell., Victoria :
|b Penguin Books Australia,
|c c2003.
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|a 358 p. :
|b ill. ;
|c 20 cm.
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|a Includes index.
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|a First published by walker Publishing Company Inc., 2003.
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|a "A tale of a great inventor, a bitter rivalry and a shocking invention" -- Cover.
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|a Includes bibliographical references and index.
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|a Prologue. Edison on the witness stand -- 1. Early sparks -- 2. The inventor -- 3. Light -- 4. Electricity and life -- 5. 'Down t0 the last penny' -- 6. Wiring New York -- 7. The hanging ritual -- 8. The death penalty commission -- 9. George Westinghouse and the rise of alternating current -- 10. The electrical execution law -- 11. " A desperate fight' -- 12. 'Criminal economy" -- 13. Condemned -- 14. Showdown -- 15. The unmasking of Harold Brown -- 16. Pride and reputation -- 17. The electric wire panic -- 18. Designing the electric chair -- 19. The conversion of William Kemmler -- 20. The first experiment -- 21. After Kemmler -- 22. The end of the battle of the currents -- 23. The age of the electric chair -- Epilogue: the new spectacle of death.
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|a Edison, Thomas A.
|q (Thomas Alva),
|d 1847-1931.
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|d 1847-1931.
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|d 1847-1931.
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|a Capital punishment.
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|z United States
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