The inventor and the tycoon : a Gilded Age murder and the birth of moving pictures
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From the National Book Award-winning author of Slaves in the Family , a riveting true life/true crime narrative of the partnership between the murderer who invented the movies and the robber baron who built the railroads. One hundred and thirty years ago Eadweard Muybridge invented stop-motion... More
Subjects
Muybridge, Eadweard,
-- 1830-1904.
Muybridge, Eadweard, -- 1830-1904 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Stanford, Leland, -- 1824-1893.
Trials (Murder) -- California -- San Francisco.
Cinematography -- United States -- History.
Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
Cinematographers -- California -- Biography.
Businesspeople -- California -- Biography.
Muybridge, Eadweard, -- 1830-1904 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Stanford, Leland, -- 1824-1893.
Trials (Murder) -- California -- San Francisco.
Cinematography -- United States -- History.
Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
Cinematographers -- California -- Biography.
Businesspeople -- California -- Biography.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-426) and index.
- 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.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Ball, E. (2013). The inventor and the tycoon: a Gilded Age murder and the birth of moving pictures. New York: Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Ball, Edward, 1959-. 2013. The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures. New York: Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Ball, Edward, 1959-, The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures. New York: Doubleday, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)Ball, Edward. The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures. New York: Doubleday, 2013. Print.
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