Edison and the Electric Chair: A Story of Light and Death by Mark Essig

Edison and the Electric Chair: A Story of Light and Death

Mark Essig

368 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science informative tense fast-paced
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Edison championed the electric chair for reasons that remain controversial. In the mid-1880s, as he wired Manhattan and other cities with his direct-current lines, his rival, George Westinghouse, was undercutting his business with a less expensive...

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