Edison & the Electric Chair: A Story of Light and Death
Language: English
Published by Walker & Company, New York, 2003
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
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Bound in purple boards with spien lettering stamped in silver. Full number line present. Review copy, with the publisher's promotional material laid in. A discussion of the development of the electric chair, with much on Edison, Westinghouse, Houston and others. Spine ends lightly bumped from reading, otherwise fine, in a fine dust jacket, with no rips, chips or clips. A clean, tight, unmarked copy, with the jacket now in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Title
- Edison & the Electric Chair: A Story of Light and Death
- Author
- Essig, Mark
- Publisher
- Walker & Company, New York
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0802714064
- ISBN 13
- 9780802714060
- Illustrator
- Photographs and Diagrams
- Edition
- First Edition
- Seller catalogs
- American History, Science and Math
A Discover magazine Top Science Book
Thomas Edison stunned America in 1879 by unveiling a world-changing invention--the light bulb--and then launching the electrification of America's cities. A decade later, despite having been an avowed opponent of the death penalty, Edison threw his laboratory resources and reputation behind the creation of a very different sort of device--the electric chair. Deftly exploring this startling chapter in American history, Edison & the Electric Chair delivers both a vivid portrait of a nation on the cusp of modernity and a provocative new examination of Edison himself.
Edison championed the electric chair for reasons that remain controversial to this day. Was Edison genuinely concerned about the suffering of the condemned? Was he waging a campaign to smear his rival George Westinghouse's alternating current and boost his own system? Or was he warning the public of real dangers posed by the high-voltage alternating wires that looped above hundreds of America's streets? Plumbing the fascinating history of electricity, Mark Essig explores America's love of technology and its fascination with violent death, capturing an era when the public was mesmerized and terrified by an invisible force that produced blazing light, powered streetcars, carried telephone conversations--and killed.
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About the Author
Mark Essig earned a doctorate in American history from Cornell University. A native of St. Louis, he now lives in Los Angeles. This is his first book.
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