01568cam a2200265 4500 436499713 TxAuBib 20200101120000.0 051118s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780802777102 0802777104 (OCoLC)62302065 DPB DPB ZS3 TxAuBib Essig, Mark Regan, 1969- Edison & the electric chair : a story of light and death / Mark Essig. Edison and the electric chair. New York : Walker & Company, 2005. 358 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Reprint. Originally published: c2003. Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-340) and index. Edison 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. 20200101. Edison, Thomas A Thomas Alva 1847-1931. Electrocution United States History.