Peter Heering, Oliver Hochadel and David J. Rhees , Playing with Fire: Histories of the Lightning Rod. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 2009. Pp. xi+290. ISBN 978-1-60618-995-5. $35.00 [Book Review]

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