Death's Acre - Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales (Paperback, Berkley trade pbk. ed)

"Fans of the forensics-oriented novels of such mystery writers as Kathy Reichs and Patricia Cornwell...not to mention television series like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, will make an eager audience for this one."-Booklist On a patch of land in the Tennessee hills, human corpses decompose in the open air, aided by insects, bacteria, and birds, unhindered by coffins or mausoleums. This is Bill Bass's "Body Farm," where nature takes its course as bodies buried in shallow graves, submerged in water, or locked in car trunks serve the needs of science and the cause of justice. In Death's Acre, Bass invites readers on an unprecedented journey behind the gates of the Body Farm where he revolutionized forensic anthropology. A master scientist and an engaging storyteller, Bass reveals his most intriguing cases for the first time. He revisits the Lindbergh kidnapping and murder, explores the mystery of a headless corpse whose identity astonished police, divulges how the telltale traces of an insect sent a murderous grandfather to death row-and much more. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS

General

Imprint:	Penguin USA
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2004
First published:	October 2004
Authors:	William Bass • Jon Jefferson
Dimensions:	230 x 149 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	304
Edition:	Berkley trade pbk. ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-425-19832-2
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Criminal law Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Forensic science Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-425-19832-4
Barcode:	9780425198322

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