The Bone Lady: Life As a Forensic Anthropologist
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GoryDetails
of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 2/22/2018
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 2/22/2018 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
I've had this hardcover on my keeper shelves for some time now, and I think it's time it went traveling.
The author works as a forensic anthropologist in Louisiana, and in her book she recounts a number of fascinating (and sometimes frustratingly unsolved) cases - the body found under a porch, the case of the cast-iron coffin, the re-examination of the killer of Huey Long... And she's got some great anecdotes from courtrooms and in the field, some of them very funny. [Nearly all the forensic anthropologists whose work I've read have a wicked sense of humor; it seems to be a job requirement, and I can see why.]
The book ends with a chapter of facial reconstructions for still-unidentified victims, in hopes that some reader will recognize one...
The author works as a forensic anthropologist in Louisiana, and in her book she recounts a number of fascinating (and sometimes frustratingly unsolved) cases - the body found under a porch, the case of the cast-iron coffin, the re-examination of the killer of Huey Long... And she's got some great anecdotes from courtrooms and in the field, some of them very funny. [Nearly all the forensic anthropologists whose work I've read have a wicked sense of humor; it seems to be a job requirement, and I can see why.]
The book ends with a chapter of facial reconstructions for still-unidentified victims, in hopes that some reader will recognize one...
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at Little Free Library, Kelley Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Sunday, February 25, 2018
GoryDetails at Little Free Library, Kelley Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Sunday, February 25, 2018
Released 6 yrs ago (2/25/2018 UTC) at Little Free Library, Kelley Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this book in the Little Free Library this afternoon; hope someone enjoys it![See other recent releases in MA here.]
*** Released for the 2018 Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes release challenge. ***
