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| Preface | 1 | |
| 1 | The Genie of the Gilded Age | 7 |
| 2 | The Hangman's Terrible Legacy | 25 |
| 3 | The Death Commission | 47 |
| 4 | The Battle of the Currents | 67 |
| 5 | The People v. William Kemmler | 89 |
| 6 | Westinghouse's Counterattack | 106 |
| 7 | Cruel and Unusual Punishment | 134 |
| 8 | The Human Experiment | 160 |
| 9 | The Reaction: "A Thrill of Indignation" | 181 |
| 10 | The First Era: 1892-1974 | 205 |
| 11 | The Electric Chair Reborn: 1976-1998 | 244 |
| Notes | 259 | |
| Bibliography | 267 | |
| Index | 273 |
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Arron Coates
reviewed The Electric Chair: An Unnatural American History on October 19, 2018
The Electric Chair: An Unnatural American History
I found the battle between Westinghouse and Edison regarding what type of current would be used for the electric chair to be very interesting. Although I knew the history of the electric chair had to be a little political, I never suspected that there was a battle between two major entrepreneurs.
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