The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of the American Gas Chamber

by Scott Christianson

Book Overview

The Last Gasp takes us to the dark side of human history in the first full chronicle of the gas chamber in the United States. In page-turning detail, award-winning writer Scott Christianson tells a dreadful story that is full of surprising and provocative new findings. First constructed in Nevada in 1924, the gas chamber, a method of killing sealed off and removed from the sight and hearing of witnesses, was originally touted as a "humane" method...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520255623
• ISBN13: 9780520255623
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"