| Record ID | marc_ithaca_college/ic_marc.mrc:197630914:1485 |
| Source | Ithaca College Library |
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050 00 $aHV8696$b.E87 2003
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100 1 $aEssig, Mark Regan,$d1969-
245 10 $aEdison & the electric chair :$ba story of light and death /$cMark Essig.
246 3 $aEdison and the electric chair
260 $aNew York :$bWalker & Co.,$c2003.
300 $a358 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [297]-340) and index.
505 0 $aEdison on the witness stand -- Early sparks -- The inventor -- Light -- Electricity and life -- "Down to the last penny" -- Wiring New York -- The hanging ritual -- The Death Penalty Commission -- George Westinghouse and the rise of alternating current -- The electrical execution law -- "A desperate fight" -- "Criminal economy" -- Condemned -- Showdown -- The unmasking of Harold Brown -- Pride and reputation -- The electric wire panic -- Designing the electric chair -- The conversion of William Kemmler -- The first experiment -- After Kemmler -- The end of the battle of the currents -- The age of the electric chair -- The new spectacle of death.
650 0 $aElectrocution$zUnited States$xHistory.
600 10 $aEdison, Thomas A.$q(Thomas Alva),$d1847-1931.
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