The Book of Execution: An Encyclopedia of Methods of Judicial Execution

Abbott, Geoffrey

ISBN 10: 0747245819 / ISBN 13: 9780747245810

Published by Headline Book Pub Ltd, 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Book of Execution: An Encyclopedia of Methods of Judicial Execution
• Publisher: Headline Book Pub Ltd
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0747245819
• ISBN 13: 9780747245810
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

From the gruesomely familiar to the grisly and bizarre, this unique encyclopedia provides the most comprehensive history ever published of the "art" of execution -- the ultimate penalty. Details the many ingenious and seemingly incomprehensible means used through history, including the more familiar guillotine, stoning, and crucifixion, such less-known acts as sewing a victim into the belly of a dead animal, and such "modern" methods as lethal injection and the electric chair. Black-and-white illustrations.