American Sherlock murder, forensics, and the birth of American CSI

Berkeley, California, 1933. In a lab filled with beakers, microscopes, and hundreds upon hundreds of books sat Edward Oscar Heinrich, America's first forensic scientists. Working in a time when the turmoil of Prohibition led to sensationalized crime reporting and only a small, systematic study of ev...

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Main Author: Dawson, Kate Winkler (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2020]
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Tales from the archive: pistols, jawbones, and love poetry
  • A bloody mess: the case of Allene Lamson's bath, part I
  • Genius: the case of Oscar Heinrich's demons
  • Heathen: the case of the Baker's handwriting, part I
  • Pioneer: the case of the Baker's handwriting, part II
  • Damnation: the case of the star's fingerprints, part I
  • Indignation: the case of the star's fingerprints, part II
  • Double 13: the case of the great train heist
  • Bad chemistry: the case of the calculating chemist
  • Bits and pieces: the case of Bessie Ferguson's ear
  • Triggered: the case of Marty Colwell's gun
  • Damned: the case of Allene lamson's Bath, part II.