Death's Acre : Inside the Legendary Forensics Lab--the Body Farm--Where the Dead Do Tell Tales,9780425198322

Death's Acre : Inside the Legendary Forensics Lab--the Body Farm--Where the Dead Do Tell Tales

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ISBN13: 9780425198322
ISBN10: 0425198324
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-10-05
Publisher(s): Berkley Trade
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Dr. Bill Bass created the world's first and only laboratory devoted to the study of human decomposition: The Body Farm. Bass has written or co-written more than 200 scientific publications, many based on mysteries he helped solve.

Jon Jefferson is a veteran journalist, science writer, and documentary filmmaker. His productions have been broadcast on such networks as The History Channel, A&E, and the National Geographic Channel, and his articles have appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, and USA Today.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Patricia Cornwell ix
1. The Bones of the Eaglet
1(12)
2. Dead Indians and Dam Engineers
13(20)
3. Bare Bones: Forensics 101
33(13)
4. The Unsavory Uncle
46(13)
5. The Case of the Headless Corpse
59(13)
6. The Scene of the Crime
72(16)
7. Death's Acre: The Body Farm Is Born
88(10)
8. A Bug for Research
98(13)
9. Progress and Protest
111(10)
10. Fat Sam and Cadillac Joe 121(11)
11. Grounded in Science 132(13)
12. The Zoo Man Murders 145(27)
13. Parts Unknown 172(19)
14. Art Imitates Death 191(9)
15. More Progress, More Protest 200(9)
16. The Backyard Barbecue 209(14)
17. The Not-So-Accidental 'tourist 223(14)
18. The Bloody Beneficiary 237(18)
19. Ashes to Ashes 255(21)
20. And When I Die 276(5)
Appendix I: Bones of the Human Skeleton 281(4)
Appendix II: Glossary of Forensic and Anthropological Terms 285(6)
Acknowledgments 291(4)
Index 295

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