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The Book of Execution

by Abbott, Geoffrey
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Overview

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.

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Book Details

Published
June 28, 1995
Publisher
London : Headline, 1995.
Pages
416
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780747245810

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