| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xiv, 447 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-426) and index. |
| Contents |
The Stanford entertainment -- The yellow jacket murder -- God of the sun -- Harnessing the elephant -- The photographer -- Flora Downs -- Occident -- Harry Larkyns -- The octopus -- Little Harry -- King Eadweard -- Marital rights -- The grocer -- The immigrant -- The trial -- The speculator -- Verdicts -- The horse lovers -- Prestidigitator -- Motion, study -- Celluloid -- The flood. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904.
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Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893.
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Trials (Murder) -- California -- San Francisco.
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Cinematography -- United States -- History.
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
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Cinematographers -- California -- Biography.
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Businesspeople -- California -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780385525756 (hardcover: alkaline paper) |
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0385525753 (hardcover: alkaline paper) |
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