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"""Christianson makes a chilling argument for its [the gas chamber's]-and the death penalty's-abolition."" STARRED REVIEW Publishers Weekly ""An excellent history."" -- Brian Bethune Maclean's ""Christianson has written the definitive (actually, the only) history of the gas chamber. It is a history so complicated and convoluted that it reads almost like something out of Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow."" -- Ben Pesta California Lawyer ""First full-scale history of gas chamber connects murky (and sure-to-be controversial) dots, including Hitler's adoption of American technology and joint American-German research and development."" -- Gene Santoro American History ""This sobering work is recommended to all readers interested in exploring the topic."" -- Stephen L. Hupp Library Journal ""Scholarly, original, and readable ... Recommended."" -- R. D. McCrie Choice"

Christianson makes a chilling argument for its [the gas chamber's]--and the death penalty's--abolition. STARRED REVIEW--Publishers Weekly

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Scott Christianson is a writer, investigative reporter, and historian. He is the author of several acclaimed books, including With Liberty for Some: 500 Years of Imprisonment in America, winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award Distinguished Honors and a Choice Outstanding Book Award. His book Condemned: Inside the Sing Sing Death House was the subject of feature stories in the Village Voice, the New York Times, The Nation, and on the History Channel.

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