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18 tiny deaths : the untold story of Frances Glessner Lee and the invention of modern forensics / Bruce Goldfarb ; introduction by Judy Melinek, MD.
"Frances Glessner Lee, born a socialite to a wealthy and influential Chicago family in the 1870s, was never meant to have a career, let alone one steeped in death and depravity. Yet she developed a fascination with the investigation of violent crimes and made it her life's work. Best known for creating the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, a series of dioramas that appear charming-until you notice the macabre little details: an overturned chair, a blood-spattered comforter. And then, of course, there are the bodies-splayed out on the floor, draped over chairs-clothed in garments that Lee lovingly knit with sewing pins. Lee developed a system that used the Nutshells dioramas to train law enforcement officers to investigate violent crimes, and her methods are still used today. 18 Tiny Deaths is the story of a woman who overcame the limitations and expectations imposed by her social status and pushed forward an entirely new branch of science that we still use today"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781492680475
- ISBN: 1492680478
- ISBN: 9781728217543
- Physical Description: xv, 351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Covington Branch | 363.25092 L477g 2020 (Text) | 33126024358271 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Erlanger Branch | 363.25092 L477g 2020 (Text) | 33126024358297 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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