American Sherlock : murder, forensics, and the birth of American CSI /
Dawson, Kate Winkler,
American Sherlock : murder, forensics, and the birth of American CSI / Kate Winkler Dawson. - 325 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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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2019050904
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019633420 Uk
Heinrich, Edward Oscar, 1881-1953.
Criminologists--United States--Biography.
Forensic sciences--History.--United States
American Sherlock : murder, forensics, and the birth of American CSI / Kate Winkler Dawson. - 325 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
9780525539551 0525539557
2019050904
GBB9J4547 bnb
019633420 Uk
Heinrich, Edward Oscar, 1881-1953.
Criminologists--United States--Biography.
Forensic sciences--History.--United States