"This work was originally published in hardcover and in slightly different form by Random House, an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc. in 2003"--T.p. verso. Includes an interview with the author.

"Morgan's House Was Lighted Up Last Night" -- "Endeavor to Make It Useful" -- Thomas Edison: "The Wizard of Menlo Park" -- Nikola Tesla: "Our Parisian" -- George Westinghouse: "He is Ubiquitous" -- Edison Declares War -- "Constant Danger from Sudden Death" -- "The Horrible Experiment" -- 1891: "Fear Everywhere of Worse to Come" -- The World's Fair: "The Electrician's Ideal City" -- Niagara Power: "What a Fall of Bright-Green Water!" -- "Yoked to the Cataract!"