Edison and the Electric Chair: A Story of Light and Death - Mark Essig (2005)
PROLOGUE. Edison on the Witness Stand
Chapter 4. Electricity and Life
Chapter 5. "Down to the Last Penny"
Chapter 8. The Death Penalty Commission
Chapter 9. George Westinghouse and the Rise of Alternating Current
Chapter 10. The Electrical Execution Law
Chapter 11. "A Desperate Eight"
Chapter 12. "Criminal Economy"
Chapter 15. The Unmasking of Harold Brown
Chapter 16. Pride and Reputation
Chapter 17. The Electric Wire Panic
Chapter 18. The COBOL Report Writer
Chapter 19. The Conversion of William Kemmler
Chapter 20. The First Experiment
Chapter 22. The End of the Battle of the Currents
Chapter 23. The Age of the Electric Chair