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The inventor and the tycoon : a Gilded Age murder and the birth of moving pictures
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Title
The inventor and the tycoon : a Gilded Age murder and the birth of moving pictures / Edward Ball.
ISBN
9780385525756 (hbk.)
0385525753 (hbk.)
9780385535496 (ebk.)
038553549X (ebk.)
9780767929400 (pbk.)
0767929403 (pbk.)
Edition
First edition.
Published
New York : Doubleday, c2013.
Physical Description
xiv, 447 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Summary
The story of Eadweard Muybridge, inventor of stop-motion photography and moving pictures--who was also a murderer--and his relationship with Leland Stanford, the wealthy railroad baron and founder of Stanford University.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 05, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-426) and index.
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