Death's acre : inside the legendary forensic lab the Body Farm where the dead do tell tales / Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson ; foreword by Patricia Cornwell.
Record details
- ISBN: 0399151346
- Physical Description: xii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2003]
- Copyright: ©2003
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword / Patricia Cornwell -- 1. The bones of the Eaglet -- 2. Dead Indians and dam engineers -- 3. Bare bones : forensics 101 -- 4. The unsavory uncle -- 5. The case of the headless corpse -- 6. The scene of the crime -- 7. Death's acre : the body farm is born -- 8. A bug for research -- 9. Progress and protest -- 10. Fat Sam and Cadillac Joe -- 11. Grounded in science -- 12. The zoo man murders -- 13. Parts unknown -- 14. Art imitates death -- 15. More progress, more protest -- 16. The backyard barbecue -- 17. The not-so-accidental tourist -- 18. The bloody beneficiary -- 19. Ashes to ashes -- 20. And when I die -- appendix 1. Bones of the human skeleton -- appendix 2. Glossary of forensic and anthropological terms -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 9.2 18 79336. |
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