Executioner's Current: Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and the Invention of the Electric Chair
by Moran, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0375410597
- ISBN 13
- 9780375410598
- Seller
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Wheatfield, New York, United States
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Synopsis
Richard Moran is professor of sociology at Mount Holyoke College and the author of Knowing Right from Wrong: The Insanity Defense of Daniel McNaughtan and numerous articles and reviews. He has also served as a commentator for National Public Radio’s Morning Edition and written op-eds for the Boston Globe, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Newsweek , and The Wall Street Journal . He lives in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
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- Bookseller
- A Good Read (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39848
- Title
- Executioner's Current: Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and the Invention of the Electric Chair
- Author
- Moran, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375410597
- ISBN 13
- 9780375410598
- Publisher
- Alfred a Knopf Inc
- Place of Publication
- Westminister, Maryland
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- 0375410597, EDISON, THOMAS, ALVA, 1847
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science/Nature;
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