| 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. |
| Abstract |
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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-426) and index. |
| LCCN | 2012019977 |
| ISBN | 9780385525756 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0385525753 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780385535496 (electronic) |
| ISBN | 038553549X (electronic) |
| ISBN | 9780767929400 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0767929403 (pbk.) |
