| Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales Contributor(s): Bass, Bill (Author), Jefferson, Jon (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0425198324 ISBN-13: 9780425198322 Publisher: Berkley Books OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: One of the world's leading forensic anthropologists unlocks the gates of his lab, The Body Farm, to reveal his most intriguing cases. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Forensic Science |
| Dewey: 614.1 |
| LCCN: 2003046908 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.79 lbs) 304 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 79336 Reading Level: 9.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 18.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "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 |