The Inventor and the Tycoon
A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures
New York : Doubleday, [2013]
Format: Ebook
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Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 447 pages) : illustrations
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.
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.
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.
ISBN:
9780385535496
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Ebook
Electronic resource.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-426) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-426) and index.
Description based on print version record.