Hardback. 1st UK edn. This vividly dramatic book recounts in human terms the extraordinary true stories of the most noteworthy men and women who have been executed - the crimes and misfortunes that brought them to their fate and, above all, how they faced death. From hanging to the electric chair to the firing squad, the gas chamber and lethal injection. Painstakingly researched - a book that tells the whole gruesome story of execution. Illus., Notes, Selected Bibliog. and Index. 280pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. in F. dw.