The Electric Chair: An Unnatural American History

By Craig Brandon

Book Overview

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,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786406860
• ISBN13: 9780786406869
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: McFarland Publishing
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

A fine documentation of the "humane" killing device

Professor Brandon's in-depth research provides a fascinating account of the economic and historical background which led to the development of the electric chair. The ever-controversial topic of capital punishment finds additional fuel in this well-documented history. I highly recommend this book to those who consider important the social and moral issues surrounding capital punishment.

Great story, well told

Brandon did an excellent job of reviewing the voluminous historical documents and putting them into a fast paced story. This is not a tiring ponderous tirade against capital punishment but a rare objective history story.