Bill Bass, Jon Jefferson

Death's Acre (eBook, ePUB)

Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales

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Produktbeschreibung

Dr. Bill Bass, one of the world's leading forensic anthropologists, gained international attention when he built a forensic lab like no other: The Body Farm. Now, this master scientist unlocks the gates of his lab to reveal his most intriguing cases-and to revisit the Lindbergh kidnapping and murder, fifty years after the fact.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781101204726
• Artikelnr.: 44652004

Autorenporträt

Dr. Bill Bass, a legend in forensic circles, has assisted with hundreds of cases for the FBI and numerous other law-enforcement agencies. He created the world's first laboratory devoted to human decomposition: the University of Tennessee's Anthropology Research Facility. He has written or coauthored more than two hundred scientific publications, many based on murder cases and other mysteries he has helped to prosecute or solve. A gifted teacher, he has been named "National Professor of the Year" by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Jon Jefferson is a veteran journalist, science writer, and documentary filmmaker. His writing has been featured by The New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, and Popular Science.

Inhaltsangabe

Death's AcreForeword by Patricia Cornwall
1. The Bones of the Eaglet
2. Dead Indians and Dam Engineers
3. Bare Bones: Forensics 101
4. The Unsavory Uncle
5. The Case of the Headless Corpse
6. The Scene of the Crime
7. Death's Acre: The Body Farm Is Born
8. A Bug for Research
9. Progress and Protest
10. Fat Sam and Cadillac Joe
11. Grounded in Science
12. The Zoo Man Murders
13. Parts Unknown
14. Art Imitates Death
15. More Progress, More Protest
16. The Backyard Barbeque
17. The Not-So-Accidental Tourist
18. the Bloody Beneficiary
19. Ashes to Ashes
20. And When I Die
Appendix I: Bones of the Human Skeleton
Appendix II: Glossary of Forensic and Anthropological Terms
Acknowledgments
Index