The Electric Chair: An Unnatural American History

The Electric Chair: An Unnatural American History

This book provides a history of the electric chair and analyzes its features, its development, and the manner of its use. Chapters cover the early conceptual stages as a humane alternative to hanging, and the rivalry between Edison and Westinghouse that was one of the main forces in the chairâ€™s adoption as a mode of execution. Also presented are an account of the terrible first execution and a number of the subsequent gruesome employments of the chair. The text explores the changing attitudes toward the chair as state after state replaced it with lethal injection.
Country USA
Manufacturer McFarland
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-03-03
Format Kindle eBook

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