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American Sherlock : murder, forensics, and the birth of American CSI

Summary: "From the acclaimed author of Death in the Air ("Not since Devil in the White City has a book told such a harrowing tale"--Douglas Preston) comes the riveting story of the birth of criminal investigation in the twentieth century"--

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ISBN: 9780525539551
ISBN: 0525539557
ISBN: 9780525539575
Physical Description: print
325 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2020]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue: Tales from the archive: pistols, jawbones, and love poetry -- A bloody mess: the case of Allene Lamson's bath, part I -- Genius: the case of Oscar Heinrich's demons -- Heathen: the case of the Baker's handwriting, part I -- Pioneer: the case of the Baker's handwriting, part II -- Damnation: the case of the star's fingerprints, part I -- Indignation: the case of the star's fingerprints, part II -- Double 13: the case of the great train heist -- Bad chemistry: the case of the calculating chemist -- Bits and pieces: the case of Bessie Ferguson's ear -- Triggered: the case of Marty Colwell's gun -- Damned: the case of Allene Lamson's bath, part II.

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Subject:

Heinrich, Edward Oscar 1881-1953
Criminologists United States Biography
Forensic sciences United States History
Forensic sciences
Forensic scientists
United States

Genre:

History.

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