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Death's acre inside the legendary forensic lab the Body Farm where the dead do tell tales

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Main Author: Bass, William M., 1928-
Other Authors: Jefferson, Jon
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2003.
Subjects:
Forensic anthropology > United States.
Forensic anthropology > Tennessee.
Crime laboratories > Tennessee.
Human body > Identification.
Human skeleton > Identification.
Forensic Medicine > Tennessee.
Crime Victims > Tennessee.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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