The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of the American Gas Chamber

The author of The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of the American Gas Chamber is Scott Christianson Overall, the book was interesting and It presented a general overview of the history of the gas chamber as interpreted by the Regrettably, he lets his own bias overcome any honest intellectual debate on the He attempts to equate the use of the gas chamber on convicted criminals to the Nazi's gassing of Jews in Europe during Somewhat disingenuously he states his case linking the gassing of convicted criminals to that of the Jews and then quietly points out that no historical record exists linking German thought and action to support his He discusses eugenics in detail, but then quietly admits no "cleansing" executions occured in the US gas To call him a historian is probably an To call him an advocate of his story is probably If a reader approaches the book understanding that it is If a reader expects an honest discussion and representation of the facts, he will be It is a pity that he worries about the few minutes of pain and stress possibly felt by the criminal, but seems to give no thought to the pain they caused their.This title is available at BookMoving on Scott Christianson's eBooks, .The Last Gasp: The Rise ... Textbook, course, ebook, pdf, download at bookmoving .